fallow head

fallowbuck

hi there i shot my first fallow buck, i have just been shooting last 2 month's got 2 prickets nothing to boast about nice to eat tho.......... but i am happy now to have shot something with a fare head and place on the wall i aint got enough to get it stuffed so anyone no of a safe way to preserve the skull i was thinking of boiling of the flesh off but am afraid that it may make the bone fragile any IDEA'S would be great thank.

Grizzly 45

Boiling the skull wont make it fragile at all.The messy bit is cleaning it totally spotless of flesh.Some lads use a steam power washer these days.
Then you have to pack it totally in cotton wool and keep it soaked in hydrogen peroxide for about a week.Get a bone white skull then.Google this to find out more.

fallowbuck

thanks for the info is that hydrogen p available over the counter:rolleyes:

Savage93

just ask any bird where you suspect the carpet doesn't match the curtains where to get it!!

dicky82

this is more of a question than a suggestion, but what about a bucket with maggots in it, they'll clean every ounce of flesh off it surely??

poulo6.5

well done on your first trophy, any pics to share with us:D

Cass

Savage93 wrote: »

just ask any bird where you suspect the carpet doesn't match the curtains where to get it!!

Heh, heh, heh.

deerhunter1

dicky82 wrote: »

this is more of a question than a suggestion, but what about a bucket with maggots in it, they'll clean every ounce of flesh off it surely??

Ya or do what I done last year, find a safe spot tie the head to a tree, the magpies and grey crows will pick it clean to perfection

fallowbuck

yeah lads have it hanging at the moment not alot gone off it yet tho thought with the hard weather it would be a real treat for the flying scavengers .. try upload a pic get the misses to do it.think i need 25 posts some kinda rule on this to stop SCAM??????

Shoot2kill

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Ya or do what I done last year, find a safe spot tie the head to a tree, the magpies and grey crows will pick it clean to perfection

Thats exactly what i did this year.. Left it out for 2weeks and it was stripped clean, couldn't get over it! Did the job though..

Grizzly 45

dicky82 wrote: »

this is more of a question than a suggestion, but what about a bucket with maggots in it, they'll clean every ounce of flesh off it surely??

Cant imagine it being very hygenic or non smelly in the late Summer or Autumn??
I know Austrian hunters bury them in the giant ant hills and let the red ants work away on it.Within a month the trophy is picked clean. That all fine,but you still have to get the bones de fattend...[There is a correct medical term for this].Thats where the HP comes in.It bleaches and takes the grey/brown tint out of the skull[which is still fat].

Also,you need it in industrial strength,not the stuff the "bleach blonde bunnies" use.If they did ,they would have no hair at all on the head or anywhere else for that matter.:eek::D.The stuff they use is cut down.You need it in appx 50 to 80% proof or stronger.
Nip into a commercial hairdresser suppliers or chemist for it.Be careful with it too,it can really bleach burn skin.

Tackleberrywho

one way!

Grizzly 45

Good soup for your hunting dogs!:D

ardeebogger

when did you shoot these prikets and stag ?
you are aware the season for these is over right now :eek:

crackcrack30

www.wilddeerireland.com

fallowbuck

BOGGER not sure what country you live in but here in ireland. fallow male can be shot up till the 31 dec if you got a licence to hunt deer , check the back of it . silly chap.:D

fallowbuck

ardeebogger wrote: »

when did you shoot these prikets and stag ?
you are aware the season for these is over right now :eek:

Prat i shot a buck not a stag. A male fallow is called a BUCK check it out, also check the back of your licence for the dates

lamper35

+1
this is a stag http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk290/hunyerdog/?action=view&current=kredderr1.jpg