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Killed my best buck to date with my bow
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<blockquote data-quote="snaildarter" data-source="post: 4301888" data-attributes="member: 3600"><p>I actually had it done by Sunday morning. I skinned it out right after I killed him, its much easier to do while they are "fresh". Get all the meat off you can during this process, eyes included. I then simmered it in water with dish soap and borax in a large canning pot that I only use for skulls, simmer don't boil. If you got over about 200 degrees on the water the bones come apart. Then every hour take it out and scrape meat and other connective tissues off and put back on the stove with fresh water. I found a set of dental type tools at harbor freight that worked really well for all the crevices. Make sure you get all the soft parts out of the sinuses and especially all of the brain, it will reek forever if you leave any in there. I let it dry in the sun and put regular 3% peroxide on it, just to lighten some. Rinse and allow to dry again. I then put matte hod podge on it to seal it.</p><p></p><p>My wife is a saint to put up with this in our kitchen as it does produce a distinct odor, but she actually likes these type mounts.</p><p></p><p>Very time consuming, but alot cheaper than what they are charging at the taxidermist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snaildarter, post: 4301888, member: 3600"] I actually had it done by Sunday morning. I skinned it out right after I killed him, its much easier to do while they are "fresh". Get all the meat off you can during this process, eyes included. I then simmered it in water with dish soap and borax in a large canning pot that I only use for skulls, simmer don't boil. If you got over about 200 degrees on the water the bones come apart. Then every hour take it out and scrape meat and other connective tissues off and put back on the stove with fresh water. I found a set of dental type tools at harbor freight that worked really well for all the crevices. Make sure you get all the soft parts out of the sinuses and especially all of the brain, it will reek forever if you leave any in there. I let it dry in the sun and put regular 3% peroxide on it, just to lighten some. Rinse and allow to dry again. I then put matte hod podge on it to seal it. My wife is a saint to put up with this in our kitchen as it does produce a distinct odor, but she actually likes these type mounts. Very time consuming, but alot cheaper than what they are charging at the taxidermist. [/QUOTE]
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