I have some horns and skulls from a recent hunt and even though i have been hunting for many years, its the first real trophy i have ever worried about, and i am not ''up '' on how to treat them ,before i ''put them on the wall '' can anyone give me a brief lesson on what i should do to preserve them , make them look presentable ,and not stink ,etc what to treat them with ? or paint them with ? trying to get all my hunting in, before i get that'' Big bullet from ''up there ''To be honest i dont know anything about it ! thanks for any advice!

OK, first things first. Is the head still on the water buffalo? If not, what condition is it in now?

Hog Killer

velodog
probably "depends"
one surprising fact I witnessed in africa: they place the skull with horns under water for about a week or so.If you dont,100's of worms that live in the bone or between th bone and the "horn" come out later and ruin the horns

Velodog,

I assume you're talking about a skull mount?

If so, take a look at the following threads:

Trophy Prep

Bleaching mounts

skull problems

Those threads seem to cover it quite well...

Regards,

Pete