Advice for Soay sheep/goat head

[ca11um]

Good morning all,

I've been asked by a local farmer to boil out a soay tups head and mount it. I've never boiled out a sheep's head, done plenty roe/red/fallow. Would I just treat it like a roe? Or? Any videos or tips to help would be great. Just after some advice on how best to do it. Will I need to cut the horn to fit back on like a goats or?

All help appreciated and thanks in advance

 

[VSS]

Ask @ironmatt for advice.
you may need to slip the horns off their inner core, and replace them once the head is clean.

 

[ca11um]

Thanks fella, I'll send him a pm

 

[sikamalc]

Yes, don't let the horns get wet, or in the boiled water. It will damage them and make them go soft.

 

[Sol]

HOT water for a few minutes, not boiling.

All your doing is quickly cooking the membrane too detach the horn, flesh starts to cook into 50+ a lot isn't needed far from boiling.

A rubber mallet works well

 

[labrador77]

Ask @ironmatt for advice.
you may need to slip the horns off their inner core, and replace them once the head is clean.

Matt done a rams head for me, done a fantastic job of it.

 

[stalker.308]

I’ve done soay and do goats regularly. I pressure wash out the brain, and leave the rest for a few weeks until the horn sheaths come off. They’ll come off quicker if you put it all in a bin bag.

The Americans put pronghorns in the microwave to pop the horns off.

 

[ofbiro]

No experience with Soay, but I treated one mufflon ram and many chamois, almost in the same way as for roes, with a variant: from the inside of the skull i drilled a hole straight into the horn. The operation is aimed to enable steam to enter in the horn, easing the removal from the horn bone. Obviously, common mortals (fakirs are free to use naked hands) have to use rags or kitchen gloves to "unscrew" the horns. Well dried horns have to be glued to the bones, to prevent "tragedies".