How to do a European Mount. . . Maceration.

[LongTatLaw]

After years of boiling my skulls I decided to give maceration a try...mainly because of this thread by Michelle!

heres a few skulls from 2009 hunting season fresh outta the pot
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Heres my pathetic 2009 bow BT..many of you know I passed on much bigger deer than this one this year in hopes of a monster but with just a few days left in late bow 2009...I went ahead and stuck him!  he's fresh from the bucket
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most of this crap will go back in the soup for a while but I thought me and my lil helper could give it a once over...I sometimes like the look of the slightly yellowed skulls so all grease doesnt necessarily have to be gone..my skulls..my liking!
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[Pathfinder101]

Nice job Tat.  I am going to do the same next year.  A visit to Mich's convinced me also.

[LongTatLaw]

I actually put em all back in the pot for more degreasing but the deer is about ready and in the house!

[Pathfinder101]

Well, here I go.  A buddy of mine wants me to euro his mulie from this season.  Just bought the bucket and the fish tank heater.   

[Michelle_Nelson]

Have you started on that buck yet Pathfinder?

[inkfish86]

lots of GREAT information in this thread thank you all!

[Pathfinder101]

Have you started on that buck yet Pathfinder?

Holy Lord Mich...  I needed a place to do it, since my garage burned down this summer and they haven't quite finished building it yet, so I found an isolated back room in one of the bays waaaay in the back of the unused maintenance building at the Armory where I work.  I stuck the head in the bucket, turned on the heater and was checking and adding a little water every couple of days to keep it submerged.  THen I went to Montana on my deer trip.  When I got back, the armory manager asked if I was "about done with the dead hooker I was obviously keeping locked up in the bay".  Holy $#@! that thing smells.  I am not going to lie, I am not looking forward to rinsing the skull and changing the water when I get back to work next week...  If I would have done this at home in the garage, I would be in some real trouble right now...

[h20hunter]

I will say that after reading this post I am going to have to "up" the tip to my taxidermist.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Pathfinder101 it's not that bad.   

[Pathfinder101]

Pathfinder101 it's not that bad.   

..compared to..

1.____________
2.____________
3.____________


You fill in the blanks.  I can't think of anything....

[Michelle_Nelson]

Pathfinder101 it's not that bad.   

..compared to..

1.__My dogs farts __________
2.__Skinning a Skunk with over active glands__________
3.__Wet Coyote in summer________

You fill in the blanks.  I can't think of anything....

 

[Skyvalhunter]

It's not that bad huh? So possibly your sense of smell is shot or you are used to the smell?

[Pathfinder101]

Pathfinder101 it's not that bad.   

..compared to..

1.__My dogs farts __________
2.__Skinning a Skunk with over active glands__________
3.__Wet Coyote in summer________

You fill in the blanks.  I can't think of anything....

 

OK, I must be doing something wrong, because I am intimately familiar with these three things, and I honestly think that skinning a skunk in full rut is the only thing that is as bad or worse (and then, only because it sticks with you for so long). 
I'll take dog farts or wet coyote waaaaaay before flesh rotting in warm water any day...

[Mr T]

I can handle gutting, gut shots, but the smell of brains 
You earn every penny when you scramble and rinse the brains 

[Michelle_Nelson]

You guys are to sensitive!

Yummy looks like pudding!    It can be any flavor you want it to be.