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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 01:59 am |
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what do you guys do with the skulls of the predators you get?
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 03:27 am |
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| I've kept a few marten,fisher,and mink skulls trapping.Never kept any fox or coyote skulls.
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wyohunter
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:15 am |
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| I've kept a few of mine coyote, badger, coon.
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Rick
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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 03:14 am |
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Just started a few coon skulls how do you guys clean them? I soak them in a 5 gallon bucket of water for a few weeks - nastiest thing youll ever smell but turns out perfect.
just got done degreaseing one gonna whiten it this weekend probably
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wyohunter
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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 04:24 am |
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| If the skull is fresh. Throw it in a pot and boil it. I use a little Dawn to help cut the grease. Some of the teeth might fall out. But you can always glue them back in. Just do it before it dries to much. I cheat doing mine. I take them into work with me and cook them there using boiler feed water. For larger heads I use a hot pressure washer. Those things will cut right thru the skull if you don't watch it. After your done boiling them soak them for 24 hours in peroxide. They come out real good.
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Posted: Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 01:31 pm |
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| Just boil it until the meat starts to fall off. Any longer, and the bones and teeth will start to come apart. Then take the skull to a pressure washer, and blow the meat off. You may have to run a piece of wire up into the skull, through the spinal opening, to get the brains out.
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Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 12:02 am |
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I was just thinking about a nice meal of brains chick
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Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 12:22 am |
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pig brains are pretty good with some hot sauce
Ive had some pretty good results with the maceration ( soaking in water ) real nasty but comes out perfect after I bleach them with peroxide and let them dry I seal the scull with watered down elmers glue to seal it. Turns out perfect.
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wyohunter
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Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 05:08 am |
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Chick wrote: Just boil it until the meat starts to fall off. Any longer, and the bones and teeth will start to come apart. Then take the skull to a pressure washer, and blow the meat off. You may have to run a piece of wire up into the skull, through the spinal opening, to get the brains out.
Just stick the wand in the brain stem and close your eyes and mouth.
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Posted: Tue Mar 4th, 2008 02:13 pm |
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wyohunter wrote: Just stick the wand in the brain stem and close your eyes and mouth.
 Looks like Old Faithful going off.
To me the nasal cavity is the the toughest area to get totally clean. I've found that if I blow a hole through the brain cavity I can work the nasal area from both directions and get all that membrane out.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 02:23 am |
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I wonder how much of the hog head, that the coyotes will leave for me to inspect the bullet damage?
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Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 03:50 am |
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| They'll leave plenty,,,,,, you'll just have to find it. The coyotes like to haul the heads off for some reason. I've even wired the skulls to trees and they still haul em off. Maybe they mount em on their den walls. LOL
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Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 05:45 pm |
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Thats what I meant about how much they would leave! I figure that thing will disappear.
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