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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: elkrack on December 17, 2020, 07:40:41 PM

Title: Get that out of my house!
Post by: elkrack on December 17, 2020, 07:40:41 PM: :chuckle:

This was my wife’s reaction when I brought my whitetail euro into the house. It has a pretty good funky smell after I finished the whitening process. What do you pros do to get the smell out? Other than the smell it turned out nice
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Post by: jamesfromseattle on December 17, 2020, 08:01:27 PM: Haha, been there. Maybe someone will have a better suggestion than this, but I typically just leave them outside (somewhere under cover but with airflow) for a couple weeks and the smell goes away.
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Post by: elkrack on December 17, 2020, 08:12:27 PM: Yeah I was hoping that was going to happen but so far it’s hanging on pretty strong :chuckle:
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Post by: grundy53 on December 17, 2020, 08:27:44 PM: The smell will dissipate once it thoroughly dries out.

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Post by: Special T on December 17, 2020, 08:40:58 PM: I prefer a little doe in heat :pee:

:chuckle:
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Post by: elkrack on December 17, 2020, 08:43:33 PM: Lol ide be sleeping in the garage with it
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Post by: KP-Skagit on December 17, 2020, 09:11:04 PM: After doing euros of two antelope and whitetail in my diner room this year I looked at my girlfriend and said, you know, I really appreciate you putting up with this.

She laughed and said... I didn't even realize it!

But in all seriousness, I set mine in the garage for two weeks and the smell is done.
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Post by: highside74 on December 17, 2020, 09:29:33 PM: We pour a baking soda slurry in them and let dry til everyone agrees the smell is gone. Then rinse it out. Not sure it helps much more than just letting them dry and air out but it can't hurt and it works in the fridge so why not.
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Post by: Humptulips on December 17, 2020, 09:52:52 PM: Get a mounted skunk to blame the smell on.
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Post by: Twispriver on December 17, 2020, 10:17:47 PM: I always set mine in the greenhouse for a few weeks to dry them out - never had a problem with them stinking
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 18, 2020, 05:38:47 AM: Smells ok to me :dunno:
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Post by: bugs n bones on December 18, 2020, 06:47:04 AM: Gotta get the grease out of the skull
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Post by: elkrack on December 18, 2020, 06:50:48 AM: So I used a degreaser while boiling the skull maybe not enough?!
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Post by: Alan K on December 18, 2020, 07:03:21 AM: If you just boiled it, there is likely some cooked meat on the inner parts of the skull causing most of the smell. In my experience, boiling will get some grease out, but also seems to send some deeper into the bone that become difficult to get out even when properly degreasing.
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Post by: ASHQUACK on December 18, 2020, 08:51:55 AM: Soak it in a hydrogen peroxide/water solution for about 7 days. That'll help with the smell and also helps bleach them out a little more.
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Post by: BIGDOG253 on December 18, 2020, 09:11:40 AM: Quote from: ASHQUACK on December 18, 2020, 08:51:55 AM
Soak it in a hydrogen peroxide/water solution for about 7 days. That'll help with the smell and also helps bleach them out a little more.
:yeah:

I used this stuff this year and only requires 24hr soak to get the smell out and helps clean them some more
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XQW2D54/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Post by: elkrack on December 18, 2020, 11:48:14 AM: Awesome thanks for the tip hopefully it will do the trick :tup:
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Post by: Tjv28 on December 18, 2020, 01:39:24 PM: I have stuffed a couple dryer sheets into the brain cavity before. Once it dries out it should be fine
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Post by: Tenkara on December 21, 2020, 12:32:31 PM: Soak it in acetone.
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Post by: blindluck on December 21, 2020, 10:23:23 PM: If the skull was properly cleaned it would not have any bad smell but many times the antlers get pretty stinky from being submerged in the degreaser. Is it the skull or antlers? If it's the skull it needs more work. If it's the Antlers it will be pretty easy to remove the smell .
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Post by: fowl smacker on December 22, 2020, 05:58:19 AM: More than likely you still have some "meat" either in the ear canals or deep inside the naval cavity. Without beetles getting into the tiny crevices in the ear canal that junk will be nearly impossible to get out without breaking out the canal. It's super easy to do and you don't notice it on the final product. Just take a screw driver and insert it or hammer it into the canal, put some force down and most of that canal bone should break free fairly easily. Once you do it, you will easily see what bone will "break out" or come out easy. Almost like an entire separate bone section to the skull. It's amazing how much tissue gets left between that and the skull.
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Post by: lewy on December 22, 2020, 06:14:47 AM: Peroxide. It will clean all the parts you couldn’t