Help i got my first buck but need help with euromount

[Mallardsx2]

Drying

 

[mtmuley]

Drying

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Why do you paint them? mtmuley

 

[TrapperJ]

Alright guys update on the deer so far it's cleaned up pretty good but I'm having issues with the nose of it and just under the skull there's alot of grissle. I sprayed it twice with a jet setting on the water hose and it didn't do much so definitely onto the pressure washer but I'm really liking how it's turning out

 

[Mallardsx2]

Why do you paint them? mtmuley

No real reason. My wife and I just like the way they look and they are easy to clean.

 

[Mallardsx2]

 

[jeremy.b]

Dunno where your at today, but a couple points to toss your way:

I use a brass/bronze brush to dig out the as much of the cooked and stuck on connective tissue/gristle.

Even when it's warm from cooking, I can usually get most of it off with just my gloved fingers.

For the nose stuff, while it's cooking I pull it out of the water during a water change. Take it over to a trash can, hold on to the antlers and swing & snap it over the trash. Hard to describe using text, but think of kinda snapping the head like a whip so the momentum forces the stuff out into the trash. If it's cooked long enough a good amount of the nose linings come out just fine and the mess goes into the garbage.

 

[DWarcher]

DO NOT do this....people who go to use the pressure washer car washes should not have to deal with your dead deer crap....don't be that guy...

Very easy to clean up after yourself.

 

[TrapperJ]

Dunno where your at today, but a couple points to toss your way:

I use a brass/bronze brush to dig out the as much of the cooked and stuck on connective tissue/gristle.

Even when it's warm from cooking, I can usually get most of it off with just my gloved fingers.

For the nose stuff, while it's cooking I pull it out of the water during a water change. Take it over to a trash can, hold on to the antlers and swing & snap it over the trash. Hard to describe using text, but think of kinda snapping the head like a whip so the momentum forces the stuff out into the trash. If it's cooked long enough a good amount of the nose linings come out just fine and the mess goes into the garbage.

Well here's where I'm at I got the nose cleaned out got the eyes cleaned out just got small pieces of gristle and what not. I tried to get some pilers and pull some of it off and it didn't do much I also have I'm guessing red blood or something on the back of the skull that won't come off or anything but it looks good now. It looks good enough mom allowed it to be in the living room so I'll leave it there for a few days then work on it some more

 

[MTLabrador]

Yes, don't boil the water.

Also, remove as much of the tissue as you can off the skull. If you can, put the head in a plastic bag and let it start to rot a bit, makes a huge difference and cuts the time it takes for the tissue to simmer off.

I use some washing soda in the water during the simmering process as well. I also simmer a second time with good amount of dawn dish soap to degrease.

I do this same method and I’ve had good luck with it. I only use the plastic bag for antelope to loosen up the horn sheaths, but it does help get them nice and clean easily if you can stand the smell. I always change the water and add dish soap towards the end of the process. It really only takes about 3 beers’ worth of time to do a great job, and I refuse to pay today’s insane prices. I just finished this year’s buck and it’s ready for peroxide.




Same deal on this bull, turned out great.