What do you use to boil your heads?

[Caveman123]

I recently boiled a deer head in my girl friends turkey pan. For some reason I’m not aloud to do that anymore so I’m looking to get something specifically for it. I’m curious to what everyone else uses? I’m leaning toward a turkey fryer type set up but want to hear everyone’s opinions. Thanks!

[Jonathan_S]

Water.

I've used everything from a small saucepan on a skull cap to a metal garbage can on a bull elk

[lewy]

I cut the bottom 1/3 out of a 55 gal drum, been great for years

[LDennis24]

I usually use a large metal livestock mineral tub, or a turkey pot and a single burner propane stove top. Just buy a pot from a thrift store or Craigslist. Like this:

[LDennis24]

Almost forgot, I add alot of Dawn dish soap and borax hand soap to the water to break down the odors and remove grease and oil in the bone.

[lewy]

  baking soda helps to

[Caseknife]

I use a big stainless stock pot for deer, and small stock water tank for elk.   Moose are a pain due to the angle of the antlers.  Have her get you this for a late Christmas present, https://bridgerboiler.com/, and you will never use her turkey pan again:)

[LDennis24]

That's cool Caseknife! Never heard of those things.

[NRA4LIFE]

I use a little Borax in the water also,  It turns all the shmang into a jello like substance very quickly.  A bit of powdered laundry soap helps keep the stench down too.  If using either, do not use an aluminum pot, the chemicals will eat through it eventually.

[vandeman17]

Did my first one this year and boiled in a big soup bowl with oxi-clean

[WAcoueshunter]

I use a 5 gallon bucket and a bucket heater.

[phildobaggins]

Good ol' turkey fryer w/ borax + blue dawn 

[Tbar]

I use a 5 gallon bucket and a bucket heater.

This and beetles are the way to go.  If you do boil I would make it as slow of a process as possible.  Boiling breaks down the bone,  the degradation becomes way more evident as time passes.

[Skyvalhunter]

Just got thru doing my deer. I picked up a pot from good will and cooked it over a campsite with Dawn and bleach. Doesn't have to boil just simmer a few hours. Followed it up with salon whitening paste.

[trophyhunt]

I cut the bottom 1/3 out of a 55 gal drum, been great for years

I did the same thing, then I bought a powder from a taxidermy book meant for boiling heads, just follow directions or you’ll loose the nose. But now days, I just pay other guys to do it, been there done that, it’s not fun.