Need help cleaning deer skull

[dmichel]

Fire up the chainsaw.....slice off top of skull.....done!!

[Lenny]

Benjhind's method works great - I used it last year. The key is to simmer but not boil. This will help cook and dissolve all the tissue, making it easy to clean off the bone, without softening the bone. Do this a couple of times, and it is fairly easy to clean up. Then you have to degrease the skull - I used Tide and some Borax, in the same pot at simmer but not boil. Needed to do it a few times to get all the oils/grease out. Last is "bleaching" the bone, but don't use bleach, use hydrogen peroxide. Many sites suggest using high strength peroxide you can buy from hair salons, but it is sometimes hard to find, so I just use the low strength cheap stuff you can buy at most grocery stores labelled as chlorine-free bleach (ex - PC Ultra Active Oxygen Bleach). Just soak it for a few days, and wait for it to whiten up. Rinse it off and you're done. Some people spray them with a clear sealant, but I just left mine and it seems fine.

If you can make chicken soup, you can make your own Euromount!

[cityhunter]

Most I know screw it to a fence post and let nature do its work, BUT the sun will fade the antlers aswell as the skull.

Im doing a european mount of the one I got this year, calling the taxi. on thursday.

any idea what they usually cost with a nice plaque,??? never had one done before

200-250 for a euro mount... half skull i did last year was 175..

For all the bucks we dont get mounted at our Camp we tie them to a good Rope and throw them into the lake ... next fall we pull them out... all done .. ready for the wall in the camp

[chico]

I have tried the digging a hole method a couple of times. The first attempt I came out with a clean and intact skull. The second try resulted in a deteriorated skull. I lost most of the bone up to the eyes sockets and it was very brittle.Plants had grown inside of it and the roots had eaten it up. I've heard of putting them over an ant hill. But you would need to secure it in some fashion.

[klums]

I boil them in water and peroxide. Come out white as snow.

[oldgun]

Added when simmering some OX-O clean helps in the whitening.

[sambo]

Thanks guys for the ideas .
Keep them coming

[rneiley123]

Red wigglers will do the trick also look up Vermicomposting!

[refteck]

A buddy of mine would pick up road kill and paint the skulls. He'd clean the skulls by putting them in a chicken wire cage and stake it behind the shed, check on it often as the maggots will clean it very fast and remove it before the rodents get to it.

[nutzzy]

boil it the bleach it