Deer Skull cleaning a unique hit

[LeverActionman]

What weight bow was he shooting to get that much penetration.Some info on bow and arrow weight please.

[joe ashton]

excellent tutorial.. the last one I did involved a car wash.  I should send them an apology letter but I don't want them to know IT WAS ME..

[Mike Vines]

Awesome how to.  I will more than likely do that if I ever connect.  I love the tomb for the razorhead.

[$bowhunter$]

awsome tatoral. i like the idea of the head in a trash bag. wont stink up my house so bad

[Cootling]

Like Eric, I just stick mine in a bucket of water.  Let them sit for a few weeks, changing water every few days, and they come out clean and white... even if they've been sitting unskinned for months, first.  The only down side is the smell... not great!

[adeeden]

Well, I am giving this simmer a long a try today! It's been in for two hours and I just changed the water so far so good.

It has been a little tricky keeping the tempature right as I am doing it over a camp fire and there is a pretty good wind today.

[frank bullitt]

Hey Dennis, camp fire? We are under a "no burn" ban over here!  

Good luck with it, I have done about 1/2 dozen skulls that way! All turned out good!

Yes, it takes a little time, but so does building our bows, arrows, and other equipment!

All fun stuff  

[adeeden]

Yeah the burn orders everywhere here to! But it's inside an old metal cabinet sitting on a 20 by 20 foot concret slab with me babysitting it.

It will be fine, this is my first attempt at doing it if it works well I may do do both my bucks from this year.

[TD2]

Originally posted by Mr.Magoo:
Nice job.  But I'm lazy too.  I just bury mine in the backyard leaving the antlers exposed.  Cover it with a big flower pot and leave it for 6 months or so.  

I have one there now that's almost clean and it has only been buried about 3 weeks.

Rinse it off, let it sit in the sun for a couple of days and it's done.

im lazy too. Thats the method I use, substitute an upside down wheelbarrow for the flower pot

[adeeden]

I followed your directions yesterday and got great results ! Thanks for the information!

 

[chad graham]

this is a very good read,thanks for all the info and i look forward to giving this a try.

[Hopewell Tom]

I use the 3% HP and cotton balls. Place the skull in a roaster, pour the HP into a bowl and with tweezers soak each ball and put on the skull. Makes a "cotton ball quilt"! over night the HP drips off and then "baste" the skull a few more times. 24 hours or so and all shiny white. I like the tape the bases idea. I do my boiling/simmering outside. Maybe just cooking meat, but I don't find the smell appetizing.