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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4343334" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Low Boil first with Dawn added to the water (old heads will be fine to boil as well... I did one a few years ago I found dead during turkey season). How long to boil depends on the age of the buck. I boil until the nose bones become a little loose. Young bucks is usually only 4 hours, mature bucks 6 hours (sometimes longer). Monitor hourly or so during this process and add more Dawn if oil/grease is collecting at the top of the water. Do not overboil. Pick off all the meat, scrape off the tendon attachments at the base of the skull, pull out the eyes, sling the head to clean the mucosa off the nasal turbinates. I use a stick to scramble the brain and rinse it out the base of the skull. If the meat is difficult to remove, I'll reboil it for another hour or two after removing the majority.</p><p></p><p>After boiling/ cleaning, I prefer to bleach mine with the peroxide solution rather than the cream. I feel it does a better job on all the hard to reach areas. It's a little more expensive than the paste/ cream... but worth it IMO. I buy the most concentrated gallon jug of the stuff I can find at Sally's, then dilute down with water to around 10% peroxide. I submerge the skull in the solution for 36 hours or so, taking care to make sure the solution does not come up onto the antlers themselves. I'll then remove from the solution, and paint only the top of the skull and pedicles with the peroxide cream and let that sit for another 24 hours. Rinse off and let dry in the sun.</p><p></p><p>I do not clear coat my skulls, as I prefer a more natural (chalky bone) look to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4343334, member: 2805"] Low Boil first with Dawn added to the water (old heads will be fine to boil as well... I did one a few years ago I found dead during turkey season). How long to boil depends on the age of the buck. I boil until the nose bones become a little loose. Young bucks is usually only 4 hours, mature bucks 6 hours (sometimes longer). Monitor hourly or so during this process and add more Dawn if oil/grease is collecting at the top of the water. Do not overboil. Pick off all the meat, scrape off the tendon attachments at the base of the skull, pull out the eyes, sling the head to clean the mucosa off the nasal turbinates. I use a stick to scramble the brain and rinse it out the base of the skull. If the meat is difficult to remove, I'll reboil it for another hour or two after removing the majority. After boiling/ cleaning, I prefer to bleach mine with the peroxide solution rather than the cream. I feel it does a better job on all the hard to reach areas. It's a little more expensive than the paste/ cream... but worth it IMO. I buy the most concentrated gallon jug of the stuff I can find at Sally's, then dilute down with water to around 10% peroxide. I submerge the skull in the solution for 36 hours or so, taking care to make sure the solution does not come up onto the antlers themselves. I'll then remove from the solution, and paint only the top of the skull and pedicles with the peroxide cream and let that sit for another 24 hours. Rinse off and let dry in the sun. I do not clear coat my skulls, as I prefer a more natural (chalky bone) look to them. [/QUOTE]
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