I chain the antlers to a tree and let nature take its course.
he damn squirrels or the likes would still get to them and chew the antlers.
Not an option here- way too many squirrels. I had one climb into my attic a few weeks ago when I was putting away Xmas stuff, and I had to evict another one this morning that had built a nest in the storage loft of my shed (using paper towels, bore cleaning patches, etc.). They chew up just about everything outside- one even chewed up a lead 4 pound dive weight, so I probably have a very sick and disturbed squirrel running around here somewhere.
40 years ago this spring my old buddy and I chased a squirrel into the L-shaped courtyard of our high school. Seeing that he was cornered, he tried to make a break for it into the open doors of the school. What followed was purely what legends are made of.....a squirrel spinning his wheels and sliding around corners in the hallowed halls of NCHS. Girls screamed, books flew, boys whooped, teachers cursed.....the day the squirrel went to school! After scurrying down most of the hallways, he finally made it into the open door of the ag classroom (my home away from home!) The squirrel dug into the rough brick wall and climbed up onto the giant blue felt FFA banner where he held on long enough to get his picture taken for the annual yearbook before making a getaway out the overhead shop door and onto the football field.View attachment 1054916
I know squirrel problems… this just happened at church, during Sunday school, This week.
I’m glad that DIDN’T happen Sunday, as high schoolers tend to be more rugged than octogenarians, but my god I wish I’d been there to see your story in person.40 years ago this spring my old buddy and I chased a squirrel into the L-shaped courtyard of our high school. Seeing that he was cornered, he tried to make a break for it into the open doors of the school. What followed was purely what legends are made of.....a squirrel spinning his wheels and sliding around corners in the hallowed halls of NCHS. Girls screamed, books flew, boys whooped, teachers cursed.....the day the squirrel went to school! After scurrying down most of the hallways, he finally made it into the open door of the ag classroom (my home away from home!) The squirrel dug into the rough brick wall and climbed up onto the giant blue felt FFA banner where he held on long enough to get his picture taken for the annual yearbook before making a getaway out the overhead shop door and onto the football field.
It was epic!
See description above of the right way to do a euro. You’re making it way tougher than it needs to be.I did one and never again.
Got the skinned head from the butcher, boiled it in a bucket with a heating element in it, dawn dish soap and borax. Change the water every hour or so and power wash the meat right off. Once the meats off boil again until everything is gone and power wash again. We needed hemostats to take out the meat in the nose and other small areas. For the brain area, take a coat hanger and cut the hook off, chuck in a drill and shove it in the spinal cord hole and chop it all up. Power wash that area out and then boil again with some dawn soap and borax. Once the meats all gone put in a bowel of peroxide for a day or so and then go to the beauty supply place and get their hair bleach and paint it on.
I more or less use @H&Hhunter ‘s method. The baking soda is key. I didn’t know there was a problem with aluminum. I have used both aluminum and stainless with equal results. I have a stainless now though.
I read somewhere to use an L shaped large gauge wire chucked in a drill to blend up the brain and pour it out. It worked great for me so that is how I still do it.
Use 40 volume cream developer hydrogen peroxide hair bleach gel to coat the skull, cover in Saran Wrap let sit for about 12 hours.
Yeah that should work, but no guarantee on a weather aged skull, I’ve never tried to whiten one in that condition before.Is this it?
https://www.amazon.com/Super-Stabilized-Peroxide-Developer-Hc-50402/dp/B0002Z916W
I ask because I had wired a boars head to a tree awhile back, maybe 2 years. Its free of meat but pretty gray, thought about doing something with it and maybe learn something.
Great, looking forward to seeing the results.I will let you know if it works.
Throw a hundo at my taxidermist and pick it up in 6-8 weeks. That's how I do it. There are things in life that I refuse to spend money on. Creating a skull/euro mount is not one of them. Well worth the money to have someone else do it.
The lady that did it for me simply placed the whole skull on a Texas Red Ant bed for two days.