Boiling out skulls
09-30-2011, 04:02 PM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 472
don't leave it under the boil for too long, it is really quit easy. Before you start go pick up a 12 pack of your favorite beverage, & have at it. If you think about it wrap the base of the antlers with aluminum foil so they don't get too dark. all in all not a bad job, I don't think it makes any difference as to how long the head sits before you start. Good Luck Doc
get a deep pot, ( find them at garage sales)
10-02-2011, 05:55 PM
#33
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NE Illinois
Posts: 24
My taxidermist told me to leave it out for a few days and then bury the head leaving the antlers above ground. After a few weeks pull it out and wash it off, should be clean. Tape the antlers and spray it with some eggshell white paint. Never did it this way but he has a few hanging that look very good.
12-01-2011, 02:26 PM
#34
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3
I skin my head and put it in a 5 gallon bucket filled with clean water. In cooler regions you might have to cover the antlers and the bucket with a garbage bag to hold in heat. Every 5 or 6 days I will pour almost all of the old water out and refill with clean water until the head is covered. I will soak the head until almost all the meat has slipped. In Texas, that's about 2 or 3 weeks. Then I will "boil" in a pot (really I simmer, to hot and the skull will come apart). As "DocD" mentioned I will wrap the antlers in aluminum foil to keep them from darkening from the moist heat. Normaly it only takes about 30 minutes of simmering to get the skull clean using this method. It does take a location that is away from the wife because it will not smell good!
12-03-2011, 08:30 AM
#36
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 222
my buddy jsut boiled his first, and he did say it took some 7-8 hours, but it looked real cool.
no chemicals or the cartiledge will break down.
If you have no time limits, ants, or acid factory nearby, just put it in a garbage can and pack it with ash from the wooodstove.
takes a couple months but works great.....no breakdown, or discoloration. who knows?
no chemicals or the cartiledge will break down.
If you have no time limits, ants, or acid factory nearby, just put it in a garbage can and pack it with ash from the wooodstove.
takes a couple months but works great.....no breakdown, or discoloration. who knows?
12-03-2011, 08:37 AM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
12-03-2011, 11:40 AM
#38
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
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