Last edited by The Hermit; 11-22-2019 at 03:10 PM.
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Good stuff dougan this thread will help a lot of folks me thinks..
its gonna take a life time to hunt and fish all this
I love euro mounts so this thread is awesome. A couple ideas.
First moose tend to be flat antlers so the water doesn’t always cover the skull. If that happens use a terry towel across the top of the skull that wicks the water up from the pot. Make sure to put a tarp over the top so the top of the skull stays warm.
It takes longer and smells very sweet but you can “mascerate” the material off instead of boiling. Boiling tends to wreck the fine nasal bones (which are really cool). Masceration requires a water temperature of about 85 degrees for a few weeks. Search “tank heater” on amazon and you’ll find a heater that keeps the right temperature. But make sure you keep your skull away from people as it gets really ripe.
A moose skull needs a pile of hydrogen peroxide. You can buy greenhouse strength hydrogen peroxide on amazon. I think it’s closer to 30 percent.
And finally for a decent moose it’s hard to find a pot big enough. Some people use a big plastic tote (with the lower temperature masceration method). Cheaper solution is a 45 gallon drum cut down to about 18 inches depth.
Go euro!
Last edited by Cordillera; 11-22-2019 at 08:00 PM.
during an attempt to boil out a bear skull, the skull got really soft and teeth started to fall out. that was after a couple hours. i stopped then because i didn't want to ruin it. any ideas on what happened? too much of a rolling boil? too long in the pot?