Skin it make the cut depending on your preference, boil for however long it needs depends on the age of the Buck an old Buck will
need about 40 minutes, but be careful or it will fall to pieces if you boil for to long.
If you are going to prepare it right away plunge it in to cold water to set the bone.
This is where my method differs from the norm. as a usually have a lot of heads to prepare at the one time I will have a day
just skinning cutting and boiling, so don't need the cold water set them aside and remove the flesh the next day.
Washing soda crystals are recommended for removing grease while boiling, I have found that a good scoop
of normal washing powder does the same job.
Some people recommend a pressure washer for removing the flesh but I have never tried it.
Once I have removed the flesh from the heads I return them to the boiler for a short time 10 minutes or so helps clean them up a bit and remove any small particles of flesh that has been left, I use an old tooth brush for this final clean.
You are now ready for bleaching always bleach a wet head if thy are dry wet them before bleaching as a dry head does not bleach well, use hydrogen peroxide to bleach never use household bleach if you do though it looks fine to begin with
you will find that after a while the skull of your trophy starts to crumble the bone turning like chalk.
You can get hydrogen peroxide from a chemists its normally only 20% concentration this will do the job but will take around 8 hours rap the skull in cotton wool packing the cavity and soak with the peroxide, after you have removed the cotton wool
it helps enhance the effect if you can leave them in the sun till dry.
Again my method differs slightly I have a source for 90% concentration peroxide[ not on sale to general public]
I have some tupper ware tubs deep enough to take a Roe skull and narrow enough to hold the skull upright fill the tub with peroxide and place the head in making sure you keep the antlers above the peroxide, the advantage of this method is that
an hour is enough time to bleach them and the peroxide can be used several times.