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Wire the skull to a tree/post, including extra wraps on the lower jaw and leave it to the coyotes and buzzards to clean up for the most part. Then I stick it in a large plastic bucket of water with a bit of dishwashing detergent and let it soak a week or 10 days. If all you are after is extracting the tusks, try to pull them at this point--if still a no-go, let it soak another week and try again. An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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I like to put the fleshed head on an ant pile to clean out completely. Once fleshed by the workers I'll boil it in a crab pot with a pound of rock salt and a little bleach for about an hour. Once the bones are cooked thru the tusks will pull out rather easily. If not you have to break the jaw down and push them thru. Macs B U.S. Army Retired Alles gut! | |||
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I have heard of guys cutting small holes in a bucket, putting the bucket over the skull in the yard and then staking it down so only small creepy crawlies can get at the skull. A bit of time will solve 99% of your skull cleaning problems. I am not that patient so I just carefully boil for a long time and scrape...boil and scrape...boil and scrape. After a good while of that, a slow light boil or extended soak should get the tusks out and keep the skull intact including any nasal bones. I then degrease and slather a paste of baking soda and peroxide on the thing to whiten. Works well. | |||
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If you add some baking soda or soda ash to the your boiling water is will speed up the flesh release. Never tried it but I would think it would loosen the teeth also. | |||
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Whatever method you use, be sure not to over-boil. The tusks get fragile in a hurry, especially near the "roots." The first batch I did, I boiled a bit much, and over time, they became dry, brittle and crumbled just by handling them. While I rarely keep them anyway, when I do, I've resorted to softly-padded pliers and pulling them much as a dentist would do with human teeth. It takes less effort to extract them than you might imagine.  Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Once pulled, I fill the pulp cavity half-way with borax powder, and then seal it up with white silicone caulk. Seems to keep them from getting brittle for me. And, I display them like this sometimes too--  An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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very nice! The ones in the pic I posted went to a friend who made a plaque for a Texas Predator Posse gathering a year or so ago. An earlier batch went to a friend's granddaughter for a project she was working on. One day, if I ever get another boar with decent cutters, I might have to try and keep a set for myself. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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+1 on not over boiling. I'll lightly boil 15 to 30 min -- put a shot of dish soap in the pot with the jaws. I usually dig the tusks out from the front, with knives and pointed nose pliars enlarging the opening. You can also remove them from the back. Be careful not to cut the rear jaw off too short, 2/3 of tusks remain in jaw. After nice and dry I fill them with epoxy, and put a little baby oil on outside of them. So far they are holding up pretty good with no obvious damage, some bing ~20 years old.  -------- There are those who only reload so they can shoot, and then there are those who only shoot so they can reload. I belong to the first group. Dom --------- | |||
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Best not to boil. I have and they split. Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Slow cook instead of boiling is best.....kinda like a pot roast.......the meat gets tender and falls off the bone. Some dawn dish soap to cut some of the grease..... . | |||
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