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Cleaning a deer skull cap
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:25 am
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:25 am
It's probably a stupid question but the only one we ever kept was my son's first deer and I just boiled it into oblivion. He got a 10 pt last day of the season that won't fit into a pot unless I break out the fish cooker. It's been sitting on an ant bed for 2 weeks, and they got the good stuff inside but the hide is still there. Is there an easy answer or do I just need to get a pot big enough to boil it in?
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Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:26 am to Flats
can one pressure wash them? just asking
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:29 am to Flats
step 1 should be to take a knife and cut away all the hide and meat that you can as soon as you finish cleaning the deer
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:31 am to Flats
I let mine dry and use a cheap wire brush
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:51 am to Flats
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Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:55 am to mylsuhat
quote:
step 1 should be to take a knife and cut away all the hide and meat that you can as soon as you finish cleaning the deer
Got a time machine? Because I already blew step 1.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:00 pm to Chad504boy
Pressure washing breaks off all the small bones in the nose. I wouldn’t.
Boiling and then wire brush is you best bet.
Boiling and then wire brush is you best bet.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:05 pm to Purple Spoon
I believe OP said it's just a skull cap
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:10 pm to mylsuhat
It's just a cap. I may hang it off the dock just to see what the crabs will do, but it sounds like I'll end up boiling/wire brush.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 1:01 pm to mylsuhat
quote:Oops.
step 1 should be to take a knife and cut away all the hide and meat that you can as soon as you finish cleaning the deer
I have a skull thats been sitting in my backyard for about 2.5 months right now in the only tiny ant pile I could find. Not a whole lot left other than decaying hide at this point. I'm not in any rush, so I'm content to just let it sit there until just the bare skull is left.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 2:00 pm to mylsuhat
You can pressure wash it but it’s still going to have to soak and soften up.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 9:40 pm to Purple Spoon
Put in a 5 gallon bucket of water. In about a month the hide will fall off.
Next time skin the head and the same method works quicker.
Next time skin the head and the same method works quicker.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:03 pm to Tiger Prawn
Careful. There are lots of critters that will eat the horns. Rodents and tree rodents in particular
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