Roe deer head prep...

[gwalchmai4110 1,757]

Hi lads, ive landed on a few nice roe heads, i was wandering if some one can give me an idiots guide into cleaning the skull up?

how to remove all the flesh?

any advice will be appreciated

atb

[j j m 6,536]

some one will be along soon to help you mate

[firthy 54]

Plenty of YouTube videos showing ya mate. But pretty much leave in water helps draw out all the blood over night. Obviously skin the head and cut off as much flesh as you can. Boil the head slowly making sure the antler isn’t in the water and keep an eye on it n you’ll see once the flesh coming off. Then spoon knife screwdriver wire that sort of thing to pick off all the s meg and Shit n brains. N then jet wash but be careful not to viceroys around the Basel cavity 

[j j m 6,536]

theres some decent stuff on you tube these days

[ginger beard 4,652]

I just boil them up for 10 minutes then power wash them (car wash).

Flesh just falls off and leaves the skull nice and white.

[Born Hunter 17,751]

There's the skin, flesh, boil method as already said.

Orrrrrr this time of year rather than boil you can leave it in a bucket of water (up to the correnets) and after about 5 weeks the flesh with have putrified and just slip off. Had good results with this, really gets the ligaments and tendons off well.

Ffs don't bury it, imo it's a shite method compared to either of the above that makes the bone brittle.

Edited June 16, 2018 by Born Hunter

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

12 hours ago, Born Hunter said:

There's the skin, flesh, boil method as already said.

Orrrrrr this time of year rather than boil you can leave it in a bucket of water (up to the correnets) and after about 5 weeks the flesh with have putrified and just slip off. Had good results with this, really gets the ligaments and tendons off well.

Ffs don't bury it, imo it's a shite method compared to either of the above that makes the bone brittle.

Then leave it in the shed for 5 years as it will stink to high heaven .Done that method ,won't be doing it again lol.

[Born Hunter 17,751]

46 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Then leave it in the shed for 5 years as it will stink to high heaven .Done that method ,won't be doing it again lol.

Lol, yeah it does but if you can put it out the way it's no bother.

Bet all you need to do was shake the skull and it was clean? 

[Yokel Matt 918]

I left a boars head in a feed sack at the bottom of the garden for 6 months... that was pretty damn putrid and yes the flesh fell off with just a shake

[firthy 54]

27 minutes ago, Yokel Matt said:

I left a boars head in a feed sack at the bottom of the garden for 6 months... that was pretty damn putrid and yes the flesh fell off with just a shake

Where the head now? Didn’t see that one in the suitcase lol 

the 1st buck we had mate has dropped to 440 grammes already 

n the other is 590