Spysar wrote:OK then.
There is another method for you to try, which is one of the best for a quality skull. It's called maceration. It's a better method if the skull is already rotten.
You do it in the summer. Take a trash can and submerge the skull. Do this away from the house. It will stink. Bacteria will form in the warm months. Eventually the flesh will easily separate from the bone. Takes about 2 months. You can learn more about this on taxidermy.net in the skulls section. The one problem is the teeth may come loose, and the nose pieces, so when you dump the water, you might have to find the pieces and glue them back.
That is what I am trying on the one in the bucket. Would the trash can and more water be better or a trash can just to fit the size of the antlers in. Also with aeration would you need it aerated all day everyday or just cycle it from time to time. I will have to check out Taxidermy.net thanks for the heads up. I caught a lot of on another site because I didn't do it the "right" way. I just started playing with this stuff. My brothers is a pretty nice buck I have in the freezer waiting to be de-fleshed. I was waiting on it to see how the one in the bucket turned out to see if i liked that process better.