I've got a sable antelope that belonged to a friend of mine. He's had the thing for a while and never took the time to have it properly cleaned. What's the best method for remving dried skin (no fur, just very old dried meat)? I don't really have a container large enough to boil it in. What about sticking it in the ground with the horns exposed like they do in Africa? I've tried just pulling it off which works for some of it, but it's hard and time consuming. Thanks for the input.

Sevens

What i do is 'simmer' the caps with a little sal soda or washing soda for about 1/2 hour. You only need enough water to just cover the cap.
Then i take them outside and hit them for a few seconds with the pressure washer. Problem solved in no time and no horn damage.

If you cant boil ,(try heating in an upside-down metal trash lid with bulk of the horns supported out of the water),you could try just soaking in the water/powder mix for a day then pressure washing.
I doubt bugs, ants or worms will touch it now that the meat is hard and dry. (not even after soaking)

You may try the maceration method. just stick the trophy in a bucket of water for a few days, pull the horns, soak the skull longer, clean horns. When the leftover debri on the skull starts to come off go ahead and simmer and clean, clean, clean.