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What To Do With This Head?
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That’s going to be smelly! And messy!
Ladle-do-I-know!
I’m taking the Nigel Slater as distinct from Gordon Ramsay approach - more a case of a leisurely gentle simmer rather than full-on roaring boil.
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Should have left the eyes in when you were boiling the head - always guaranteed to make Mrs Gunn scream when she sees those swilling around sink after I empty the saucepan 
For extra fun, then fish them out and do some Marty Feldman impersonations with them.
For extra fun, then fish them out and do some Marty Feldman impersonations with them.
shotguntom
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Might be the angle and slightly blury photo but those tusks look the wrong way round
Haha. I'm definitely in the Gordon Ramsay camp- several short furious boils, interspersed with skin removal and swearing!
splash
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This is the animal and the teeth are the same
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Staggie.308
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And rifle sling!!
Heym SR20
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I don’t really understand peoples concerns that cleaning up a head is a hugely difficult task. I keep any head that is interesting or decent. Certainly anything from a nicely mature buck. For me its about an hour’s work if that.
1) Take a fine tooth panel saw - the type you get from a builders merchant for ÂŁ5. Cut off the nose with a knife and then saw the top of the head on a centre line from the nose through the middle of the eyes.
If you do it whilst the head is fresh its not a smelly process.
2) peel off the skin. And remove brains and any meat. But you don’t need excessive amounts
3) stick it in a pig pot on the cooker and fill with water - and cook till the meat / and membranes are soft. About forty minutes
4) whilst every is still soft and hot, peel off all the bits of meat sinew, membrane etc. You might need to reheat it a couple of times.
5) a pair of snipe nose pliers are useful for getting all the bits from under the coronet’s
6) tightly wrap the skull in kitchen towel. Place in a dish and soak with Hydrogen Peroxide. A ÂŁ1.50 250ml bottle from chemist is enough for a skull.
7) leave if for a few hours. Give the skull a scrub with with a kitchen scourer. And any final bits come off.
8) the peroxide eats away any further tissue and leaves skull nice and white.
9) let it dry and mark the underside with date and location where shot.
I did though do a large red stag scull for friend last year. He had left it in the barn for a week and it was crawling with maggots and frankly stank and really pretty grim. Gave it to their chickens who quickly got rid of all the maggots. Then boiled it out - that did stink and made stomach churn, but it came up really nicely.
If you are going to do a head, do asap, and the whole process is so so much nicer to do.
1) Take a fine tooth panel saw - the type you get from a builders merchant for ÂŁ5. Cut off the nose with a knife and then saw the top of the head on a centre line from the nose through the middle of the eyes.
If you do it whilst the head is fresh its not a smelly process.
2) peel off the skin. And remove brains and any meat. But you don’t need excessive amounts
3) stick it in a pig pot on the cooker and fill with water - and cook till the meat / and membranes are soft. About forty minutes
4) whilst every is still soft and hot, peel off all the bits of meat sinew, membrane etc. You might need to reheat it a couple of times.
5) a pair of snipe nose pliers are useful for getting all the bits from under the coronet’s
6) tightly wrap the skull in kitchen towel. Place in a dish and soak with Hydrogen Peroxide. A ÂŁ1.50 250ml bottle from chemist is enough for a skull.
7) leave if for a few hours. Give the skull a scrub with with a kitchen scourer. And any final bits come off.
8) the peroxide eats away any further tissue and leaves skull nice and white.
9) let it dry and mark the underside with date and location where shot.
I did though do a large red stag scull for friend last year. He had left it in the barn for a week and it was crawling with maggots and frankly stank and really pretty grim. Gave it to their chickens who quickly got rid of all the maggots. Then boiled it out - that did stink and made stomach churn, but it came up really nicely.
If you are going to do a head, do asap, and the whole process is so so much nicer to do.
Cumbrian 1
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Bill Bartlett will do it, freeze it pop it in the post next day delivery and it will come back in a beautiful shield with brass plaque.
I may well do that next time!
Funny you mention that as I was wondering what one would need to charge now to make it pay as it’s time-consuming and heaven knows what the cost of running a gas hob for circa 3-hours will be by Christmas.
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It does look that way, doesn't it? They turn out too much. Been accidentally swapped over during the mounting process maybe.
What is the stock on your rifle?
Rather than another thread, what strength Hydrogen Peroxide to purchase and from where please? All the stuff available to consumers is a max 12% solution which seems lightweight. Anything stronger only sold to businesses and with MSDS paperwork.
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