I found Euro's a fun hobby last hunting season. It came significantly easy to me so long as I do the project from start to finish. Everybody has their own way of doing it but this is my process.
- When skinning, get as much extra meat and neck out as you can. It will all come off after more boiling.
- I just use a simple propane burner and a pot just big enough to submerge the whole head.
- After the first hour or so of boiling, grip as much of the nose cavity as you can with channellock pliers and pull straight out. (saves time later on) Then put it back in the pot.
- Every couple hours take it out and pressure wash every cavity and hole you can get to. When you get to the brains, it will smell horrid but its just part of the process.
- The whole boiling process takes about 6 hours and about 3/4 of the propane tank.
- Once you've pressure washed and got out as much stuff as you can, I soak it in 40 volume peroxide until I have it the color I want. You can use 3 volume peroxide, it will just take a few days to whiten.
- Once the skull is the color I like, I just set it in the sun for a couple hours or enough to dry.
This whole process only costs me about $30-$40 depending on the animal. I hope this helped! I attached some of the more recent mounts I have done.
- When skinning, get as much extra meat and neck out as you can. It will all come off after more boiling.
- I just use a simple propane burner and a pot just big enough to submerge the whole head.
- After the first hour or so of boiling, grip as much of the nose cavity as you can with channellock pliers and pull straight out. (saves time later on) Then put it back in the pot.
- Every couple hours take it out and pressure wash every cavity and hole you can get to. When you get to the brains, it will smell horrid but its just part of the process.
- The whole boiling process takes about 6 hours and about 3/4 of the propane tank.
- Once you've pressure washed and got out as much stuff as you can, I soak it in 40 volume peroxide until I have it the color I want. You can use 3 volume peroxide, it will just take a few days to whiten.
- Once the skull is the color I like, I just set it in the sun for a couple hours or enough to dry.
This whole process only costs me about $30-$40 depending on the animal. I hope this helped! I attached some of the more recent mounts I have done.
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