#3071575 - 12/09/12 08:15 PM
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wrcox
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Loc: Manchester
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Has anyone on here ever used bettles for European mounts. I am thinking of purchasing some and wondered if they were worth it or was it just as good to boil them
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#3071643 - 12/09/12 08:43 PM
Re: beetles
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plinker22
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Loc: Mountians of East Tennessee
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Lots of work to keep those little boogers happy. They stink really bad. I boil again.
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#3071649 - 12/09/12 08:48 PM
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youngandfree
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Been there, done that....Lost alot of $$
They are VERY environment sensitive. Too much moisture, a little cold snap, a power outage, etc and you lose a years worth breeding, feeding, and work is down the tube.
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#3071716 - 12/09/12 09:27 PM
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wrcox
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Thanks that answered my question. Think I will go with boiling
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#3072040 - 12/10/12 07:38 AM
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Diehard Hunter
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If you have a lot of skulls to do, beetles are the best. If you only have a few, boil them. If you have everything set up correctly, beetles can save you a ton of work. If you try to cut corners you will be replacing beetles a lot.
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#3072178 - 12/10/12 09:14 AM
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Mike Belt
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Temperature sensitive. Where you going to keep them during the winter?
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#3072274 - 12/10/12 09:58 AM
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Diehard Hunter
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I always kept mine in an old freezer that was not plugged in. Cut a whole in the side with a fan to circulate warm air into and out of the freezer. The freezer will keep cold out as well as it keeps it in.
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#3072282 - 12/10/12 10:01 AM
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ratsnakeboogy
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I want some of those Scarabs from that movie the "Mummy".
Then I could train them to look at trail cam pics and go after the bucks I want.
No field-dressing or anything, just put a Lo-Jak on one and pick up my skeletonized trophy.
Maybe I had to much coffee this morning.
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#3074073 - 12/11/12 10:29 AM
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MUP
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Man that's nice!
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#3074102 - 12/11/12 10:47 AM
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randy
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I have a deer skull and a bobcat skull that I have been boiling. I have about 6 hours worth of boiling time in them. The bobcat is done, probably another 2 hours on the deer and I should be done.
Boiling is very time consuming along with 10-15 dollars of propane. I just wonder if I would have been better off with the beetles, I am pretty cheap though.
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