thanks for the advice when i did it i left it in the boiling water for 3 hours didnt clean off anything and then everything fall off and i think it came off with the nose because i never saw it so i will try it drifferent next time but that was my first time for anything like this and my first deer ever so ill let you no next time ill try to post pics of this one it dont look real bad but maybe that is because it is my first buck and i dont care he is not real big