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DakotaSage
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I shot this buck on the Opener, and put it on the wall last night. The bracket that I built turned out pretty good, because I am able to lift the whole head off pretty easy.
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190MuleyHunter
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I like your style. Big euro mount right above the Xbox360! I need to find a buddy who is into both those things. haha.
Can you give us some tips on the process you did to clean up the skull so nice and fast?
Can you give us some tips on the process you did to clean up the skull so nice and fast?
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elkmtngear
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DakotaSage
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190MuleyHunter,
I have done quite a few skulls over the last few years, but one thing I have learned that helps me out a lot, is after my first boil, I take a high pressure nozzle and put it on my regular garden hose, and I can rinse out the brains and nasal cavity pretty quick. Once I have it picked fairly good, I put it in a peroxide bath. I have a little tub that the skull fits in pretty snug and I use about three bottles of the peroxide you can buy at walmart for like .88 cents a bottle. I let it soak in that for about 12 hours. I am very careful to fill the peroxide only up to just under the bases, because it will turn the antler pure white. The skull that is still exposed, I take paper towels and roll them up and wrap underneath the bases, and fold up a paper towel to lay over the forehead, and the peroxide leaches through the paper towel constantly, keeping the antler color protected. Then I boil it again and do a final cleaning, then I put it back in the peroxide for another 12 hours. After it is pure white and dry, you can put a coat of polyeurythayne, but be careful, because sometimes it will leave a yellowish tint. Maybe if I get time, I will post up pictures of some of my process. I can do them pretty fast now. I actually had this one to the point that it is in the picture above, three days after I killed it.
Someone above mentioned watching that instead of the T.V., well when my wife complained about the location, that is exactly what I told her. I said when she wants to watch some boring chick flick or something, I can stay awake looking at that buck. ha ha
I have done quite a few skulls over the last few years, but one thing I have learned that helps me out a lot, is after my first boil, I take a high pressure nozzle and put it on my regular garden hose, and I can rinse out the brains and nasal cavity pretty quick. Once I have it picked fairly good, I put it in a peroxide bath. I have a little tub that the skull fits in pretty snug and I use about three bottles of the peroxide you can buy at walmart for like .88 cents a bottle. I let it soak in that for about 12 hours. I am very careful to fill the peroxide only up to just under the bases, because it will turn the antler pure white. The skull that is still exposed, I take paper towels and roll them up and wrap underneath the bases, and fold up a paper towel to lay over the forehead, and the peroxide leaches through the paper towel constantly, keeping the antler color protected. Then I boil it again and do a final cleaning, then I put it back in the peroxide for another 12 hours. After it is pure white and dry, you can put a coat of polyeurythayne, but be careful, because sometimes it will leave a yellowish tint. Maybe if I get time, I will post up pictures of some of my process. I can do them pretty fast now. I actually had this one to the point that it is in the picture above, three days after I killed it.
Someone above mentioned watching that instead of the T.V., well when my wife complained about the location, that is exactly what I told her. I said when she wants to watch some boring chick flick or something, I can stay awake looking at that buck. ha ha
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DakotaSage
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BIGJOHNT,
I did save the cape. I took good care of it and sold it. I have two mounts, and decided I better not do another one, until I shoot a 30 incher. Maybe someday. Here are the two mounts I have.
I did save the cape. I took good care of it and sold it. I have two mounts, and decided I better not do another one, until I shoot a 30 incher. Maybe someday. Here are the two mounts I have.
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hunt4130
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awesome buck!
DreaminOf200
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Great buck and awesome job on the skull!
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love2hunt16
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Awesome Jeff! Looks great!
BIGJOHNT
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-02-11 AT 11:43PM (MST)[p]Dakota, From your pictures I think you have a major horn problem . How many years of sheds are on the floor ? Oh and thanks for share your euro process with us . So you are just blasting with a 3/8 nozzle on a hose after the first boiling ?
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XXXJEFFHUNTERXXX
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wow man. you have a serious problem. i mean hunting is great but this is going too far. my wife would never let me do that.
p.s. nice title dude.
p.s. nice title dude.
