Got my kid his first buck. Little 3x3.
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Thanks. He was way excited.
How did you get the skull that clean without changing the antler base?
I have a 55 gal drum I cut off and I put it on my Camp Chef stove and simmer it in water with a little borax and just keep the water level about an inch or two up the antlers. Haven't had one yet that messed up the antler coloring. Did this one for at least 6 hrs with 2 pressure washing sessions towards the end to get the meat and everything off. Also you need to flush the brains out first to make it way less greasy. I'll come back and do a peroxide job on it with hair dye peroxide to get it pure white.
Whacked this one on Wednesday with the crossgun.. Plan on boiling the skull, have done a few in the past. Just used forceps vs pressure washer. @Truckman4life , I like the idea of borax. Got any tricks for removing the brains? Pretty sure I used a coat hanger but only after boiling it for a while, I like the idea of removing them first. Regarding the pressure washer method, how do you keep from getting that shit all over yourself and everything around you?
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Great Job Young Man!
Nice one!
The borax helps break the fats down. I have this "pressure washer" attachment for a garden hose.
It's just a half inch tube, I take the nozzle off the end and it fits perfect in the brain hole and I just turn on and brains eject right out the hole. Just make sure you stand out of the way. If you get them out first it keeps a lot more greasyness out of the water. Pressure washing the meat off is messy. I try to stay back and hold it and I have one of my boys wash it. I pick up the big chunks and just washed the rest off the cement into the dirt.
Thanks and tell the young hunter great job!
Part 2-paper mache that sucker with this stuff I get off Amazon and paper towels. I use a whole bottle. Stuff them in the eye sockets. Get it coated good and wet.
Then wrap it in seran wrap and leave it for 12-24 hours and then wash it off. You can put it out in the sun afterwards if it needs a bit more whitening. Other advice I forgot. Guy I watched on YouTube said to boil the skull within 24 hrs for best results. If you can't then at least skin it out and put it in a 5 gallon bucket of water. It keeps it from decomposing and the oils getting into the bone more.
