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Title: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: Centaur on December 23, 2024, 02:11:27 PM: Need help please. I got a really cool elk this year with a club hanging down and it has some soft spots in it that stink really bad. I have had the club in salt trying to dry it out from the inside and has worked some. I started scrapping out the soft areas and curious if I should get some formaldehyde and inject those areas or another product? Then was thinking of filling in those spots with something? Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I have already had the skull euro'd and have a plan for mounting it after I get the club taken care of. Thanks.
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: MADMAX on December 23, 2024, 03:25:43 PM: Try some borax
Id say for a month or so
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Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: jrebel on December 23, 2024, 03:33:41 PM: Quote from: MADMAX on December 23, 2024, 03:25:43 PM
Try some borax
Id say for a month or so
:twocents:

:yeah:

This was my first thought.

That is an awesome bull!! Any other pictures of it??
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: 2MANY on December 23, 2024, 03:58:55 PM: I know that smell. lol
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Post by: redi on December 23, 2024, 05:47:15 PM: Cool elk congrats
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: Bigtine96 on December 23, 2024, 06:39:06 PM: Just let it dry, it’s porous bone with blood.
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: Centaur on December 23, 2024, 07:07:14 PM: I have always wanted one that was unique and I think this one fills that wish for me.
With the borax, would you completely bury the club in it or put it in a bag and have it taped up so the borax level is just below it not touching it? Not sure if the borax would change the color? I appreciate the help guys. Thanks.
Yeah, that smell is something alright.
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: MADMAX on December 23, 2024, 07:25:14 PM: I would cover the bloody end of the club
Similar to doing salmon eggs for steelhead and how I do my turkey fans
Give it a month take it out check it and when done brush it off with a new 2 inch paint brush

I’m by no means a professional taxi

You could always just let her sit for 6 months and just let it dry naturally
Ive had fresh sheds stink like that

Cool euro
My buddy’s son got a big 6x1 that had big clubber last year
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: Centaur on December 23, 2024, 07:36:04 PM: Couple more pics. I do have some with my orange on if need be showing I was wearing it while hunting. This one is when we finally got it to the vehicle and I took off the orange for the picture. Those Honda capstan winches are worth their weight in gold. Highly recommend.

I guess I just gotta slow down and realize it will take some time before it’s ready to hang on the wall.
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: bearhunter99 on December 24, 2024, 09:38:18 AM: What a cool bull!

That is the hard part - waiting to be able to put it up! It takes time to get some of that stuff dried out enough that the smell goes away
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: hunter399 on December 24, 2024, 12:43:32 PM: Very cool club bull.
Congrats 👏 ,you look pretty happy with him.👍
Title: Re: Club drop tine on my elk
Post by: JWBINX on December 24, 2024, 05:54:51 PM: Just let it dry and hardened naturally. :tup: