No deer, just a yote
hound_hunter
10/22/06 5:56pm
Well I just got home from the Gleave family annual muley hunt down by around fish lake. Have a cabin down there and every year since the 80's and before we've had a big group of us meet down there for the hunt. Seems to me that every year there's more and more people. with less and less deer and even less/smaller bucks. (makes me sad to say this year was probably my last as i've about had it with gettin lucky to see a spike or two point anymore)
anyways, this afternoon as we were on our way outa there we decided to take a dirt road outa town and see if we'd press our luck as road hunters bein as thats what everyone else does down there and they seems to luck out with it.. well we never did see that 4-point or better but this hairy little yote caught my eye runnin through the sage brush, dropped em around 150 yds. when he stopped - and im gonna try bleaching my first skull, any help? :) anyways, had a great time down there :thumb
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anyways, this afternoon as we were on our way outa there we decided to take a dirt road outa town and see if we'd press our luck as road hunters bein as thats what everyone else does down there and they seems to luck out with it.. well we never did see that 4-point or better but this hairy little yote caught my eye runnin through the sage brush, dropped em around 150 yds. when he stopped - and im gonna try bleaching my first skull, any help? :) anyways, had a great time down there :thumb
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Nice job on thinning the YOTE out. I never saw one on the opener. Dang-it. #-o
Saw lots of several little 2-points though. :)
Brett
Alright, well maybe I don't want more of em, but i wish we saw the ones that're here more. yeah, that sounds better - they make for some awesome target practice :333
To bleach the skull first skin off the hide, remove the eyes and all the meat you can. Now I boil mine, some just use water to rot the meat off or you can send it to someone with those meat eating bugs.
Anyhow, boiling is definatly an OUTSIDE job and don't use your mothers good pots. Either buy a cheep enamal pot just for boiling heads or get one that won't be used for anything else again.
If you can get ahold of some Sal-Soda or soda ash(avaliable form most taxidermy supply places) the process goes quicker. I made a basket out of small wire mesh (hardware store) that fits in my boiling pot to catch loose teath and such.
The best thing I have found to heat the pot is the burner used to heat oil for deep frying turkeys, but any burner ought to work.
Set up ourside out of the wind, add the Sal-Soda to the water put the skull in the basket and bring the whole thing to a boil. Let boil for 30 minutes or so and take a look. The meat should be loosing, use a flat screwdriver, wire bush, bit of bailing wire to get the brains out, and clean off whats loose. Repeat till clean, but be carefull no to overboil, this can make the bone soft. Rinse thoughly with clean water.
Now to bleach. Hydrogen peroxide is pretty safe and easy to find. Soak the skull for a couple of days then set in the sun (out of reach of critters) for a couple more days. Should be quite white now. If you have any doubt if you got the skull clean put it in a warm room for a few hours, your nose will let you know if you did. :thumb
Glue in loose teath or bones and seal the skull with Krylon sealer when done!
Nothing to it :thumb
thanks, never knew how to do that myself either.
Anyone have a picture of a bleached skull finished to post?
Thanks
Brett
Hope that this helps.
Huntingal - that's some serious in-depth info there!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I'll keep all informed