Burying Heads

[Ross1980]

Anyone else bury their heads instead of boiling them ?
I tried it with this little 4 pointer I shot last summer - just dug it up and it’s turned out ok.
No skinning or jet washing just cut it off and buried it.

 

[VSS]

A lot of people bury their own heads, usually in sand.
Not so sure about doing it with deer heads though.

 

[sh1kar]

Anyone else bury their heads instead of boiling them ?
I tried it with this little 4 pointer I shot last summer - just dug it up and it’s turned out ok.
No skinning or jet washing just cut it off and buried it.
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Funny colour Looks like its been painted

S

 

[Rake Aboot]

Done this loads of times
Stuck them in a corner of the garden for a while then jet wash them. Works really well tbh

I’ve only used it for Heed’s that are just being put on a shelf in the garden mind, not for any for mounting

 

[Donkey Basher]

Funny colour Looks like its been painted

S

That’s what I thought - looks like it’s been spray painted??

 

[Klenchblaize]

The head looks to have been very successfully treated with peroxide of a good strength!

But then again the Op may have shares in:


K

 

[baguio]

Sorry but that looks horrible IMO.

 

[Klenchblaize]

The biggest challenge when burying a head is to find a way to avoid damaging the antler patina.

K

 

[Firefly]

Always bury in the compost heap. Works for me and the skulls bleach up nicely.

 

[The Singing Stalker]

I use the compost heap.

 

[nun_hunter]

Dangle it in a bucket of water to macerate then you have a have more control over where you do it and less staining that needs bleaching away.

I'd never go back to boiling now as this method is much easier and more gentle on the small skull bones and a lot harder to mess up.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Can someone explain how “burying heads” links to the “similar thread” of “Kenwood Mincer Attachment” or am I missing something…..

 

[sh1kar]

Can someone explain how “burying heads” links to the “similar thread” of “Kenwood Mincer Attachment” or am I missing something…..

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Macerate?

 

[Bill Bartlett]

Painted, for sure(

 

[baguio]

Dangle it in a bucket of water to macerate then you have a have more control over where you do it and less staining that needs bleaching away.

I'd never go back to boiling now as this method is much easier and more gentle on the small skull bones and a lot harder to mess up.

BUT, the water is full of flesh eating bugs and is therefore very dangerous. Don't go anywhere near it without waterproof gloves on and be very careful with disposing of the water. Don't let your pets anywhere near it either! There's a well known taxidermist who ended up in hospital on a drip twice after being careless with it!

 

[VSS]

BUT, the water is full of flesh eating bugs and is therefore very dangerous. Don't go anywhere near it without waterproof gloves on and be very careful with disposing of the water. Don't let your pets anywhere near it either! There's a well known taxidermist who ended up in hospital on a drip twice after being careless with it!

Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive.

 

[Rake Aboot]

That’s what I thought - looks like it’s been spray painted??

Yup painted
You can see the overspray . Still be fine as an ornament mind

 

[baguio]

Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive.

Tough as old boots I reckon? I suspect that your workmans hands are like buffalo hide and nothing is getting through. Some of us suffer more with paper cuts than knife cuts!

 

[Dave31]

A lot of people bury their own heads, usually in sand.
Not so sure about doing it with deer heads though.

Usually sand? I thought the usual was their own behinds!

 

[VSS]

Tough as old boots I reckon? I suspect that your workmans hands are like buffalo hide and nothing is getting through.

Immunosuppressed, supposedly. But thankfully not seen much evidence of it!!!