Cleaning my deer skull

by Mar 9, 2015Whitetail Deer

Cleaning my deer skull

I was cleaning up pictures and came across these two from a few years ago.  The smell was horrible but after a while I got used to it.  I don’t know if it was the (lack of) quality pot that I used or the fact that I did this on my grill and then stove when I ran out of propane, but I had to throw it all away when I was done.  At least I got a cool mount!

1 Comment

  1. Slick as a whistle…

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