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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: elksnout on November 21, 2010, 07:31:01 PM

Title: Prep work for an antler mount ?
Post by: elksnout on November 21, 2010, 07:31:01 PM: I apologize if this has been asked before. I got a decent blacktail this year and would like to mount it on a wall plaque myself. What is the proper way to prep the skull so all the meat and tissue is off of it? Boil it?
Title: Re: Prep work for an antler mount ?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 21, 2010, 07:37:57 PM: if you are just doing a antler mount you can just boil it, and wire brush it off/pick the meat off.
Title: Re: Prep work for an antler mount ?
Post by: Hyde on November 21, 2010, 10:36:39 PM: Add a little 20 mule team borax into the pot, it helps!
Title: Re: Prep work for an antler mount ?
Post by: PolarBear on November 21, 2010, 10:49:58 PM: Sal soda will clean it up nicely.
Title: Re: Prep work for an antler mount ?
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 22, 2010, 12:27:52 PM: You can boil the meat off. Should only take a few minutes and it isn't going to hurt the skull cap.