Roe skull

[DazT]

Thanks for the tips mate!
Its drying nicely and the "smell" is just about gone

I'll stick some pics up when its finished drying out.
Cheers
Daz

 

[DazT]

Thats the skull dried out and have taken a picture of it unmounted as i'm still looking for a good dark wood shield to put it on.
I think it looks quite good, i have noticed that the skull joint up towards the antlers is still a little bit yellow.
What do you guys think??

Daz

 

[craigievarkiller]

jaeger sport do nice dark wood shields

nb: I am in no way affiliated with Jaeger sport

 

[DazT]

Yep tried to order some from them but you put your details into the webpage and they are supposed to call you back for payment??
Still waiting ................

Cheers
Daz

 

[craigievarkiller]

Stick with them.
I have ordered off them quite a few times over a number of years and I am always impressed with the quality of their shields.

 

[craigievarkiller]

PS: Alternatively... give them a buzz tomorrow during office hours and tell them to get a fekin 'jog on' !

ATB

CVK

 

[Southdowns_stalking]

Yep tried to order some from them but you put your details into the webpage and they are supposed to call you back for payment??
Still waiting ................

Cheers
Daz

They are just down the road from me, if you have any problems PM me your details and i will get Roger to call you.....

 

[DazT]

Cheers mate - i'll call em tomorrow
I tried to order the roe clamps too - are they easy to use to fix the skull on to the shield??

Cheers
Daz

 

[Acm]

Failing that bush wear do them , not sure on quality

 

[teyhan1]

You will also find that when the animal is first shot that if you get into the practice of shoving a hose into it's oesophagas then that will wash out its nasal cavity of any blood and reduce that staining you can see on the skull

 

[swarovski]

I use to boil mine in the kitchen,it made the whole house stink,the mrs would go ballistic ,haven't done one for years now,got a malformed hanging in a tree,haven't been back to check it for ages,it should be clean now.

 

[DazT]

I did think about using the cooker in the kitchen but decided to use the camping stove outside
I even bought a new "boiling pot" from ASDA instead of using 1 of the good ones out of the cupboard

Anything for a quiet life

 

[bogtrotter]

Burco boiler is ideal but expensive, old tea urn does the job fine get them in different sizes and don't cost much s/h
get them in either gas or electric.

 

[DazT]

Yep have had a look on ebay and they seem to be cheap enough - but i don't intend to do loads of heads so i'll stick with the pot and camping stove.
Looking to get 3 bucks with the AW for my level 2 so i can mount the heads on the wall with the certificate (hopefully) but i'm nearly there!!

Daz