Little sample of my little trophies

[shadow]

Part of my collection of skull's and tail's, thinking about making the wife a squirrel coat for winter lol. Need a few more tail's hehe. Ed

[SDale]

I like the turkey skulls!

How are you getting them so clean? Boiling then bleaching?

[Big_Bill]

Great collection, Ed,

I'll knowwho to ask, if I need a little "head", or some "tail" :-)

But allkidding aside, very nice collection, buddy !

I used to boil off the meat, then soak them in lie until bright and shiny...

[shadow]

Thank's Gent's and yes I boil the meat etc. off and soak em in lie also then I shoot them with a coat of glossy clear to seal em. Ed

[NMCA_Ron]

I say make yer wife a necklace outta them gobbler noggins! hehehe!

... actually, it looks like something tribal or voodoo-esque. Perfect for Halloween.

Ron

[longislandhunter]

Very nice buddy,,,,, kinda reminds me of the "Predator" movie   :)

Jeff

[shadow]

Hehe Jeff, I use them to study skull structure and pellet damage. Good to know this when I'm placing a shot at em. Ed

I gotta move to wherever it is Ed lives.

There are plenty of grackles and starlings right now where I'm at, but they hang out at the municipal park across the street. None of them want to come over and play anymore.

Squirrels? There's one... he hangs out at the other end of the block.

Groundhogs? I wish. Although there is a prairie dog town I could possibly get access to...Hmm, I wonder if my wife would like a prairie dog skin coat this winter?

[shadow]

The great outdoor's here Mike, it's a Jeremiah Johnson thing hehe. Ed

[davee1]

Excellent skull assortment. Reminds me too of the Predator movies. Some people are freaked out by this stuff, but I think it is fascinating.

You might already know this, but it's worth mentioning in case you are curious. A friend of mine has been collecting skulls since we were boys. He has any animal you can think of, including elephant skulls. When he gets a new head, he uses his special colony of Dermestid beetles to clean them. Sometimes he doesn't have to do anything to it, except drop it in the beetle enclosure, and two weeks later it comes out bleach clean. You can actually buy these beetle kits online now, but I have no experience doing it.

My favorite skull is the wolverine. It is like a miniature bear skull. We have spent hours studying the skulls, him much more than me, since he has the collection in his house. Haven't seen him in a while since he lives in Alaska now.

I have a skull here.. its of a squrrel who died in my yard from natural causes... ( I usually shoot them in the noggin so a "skull" is kind of useless to try and keep) But I waited for it to rot out and let the hawk here have a meal. Grabbed the skull and set it on the window sill outside and bleach in the sun

Nice and white now, kinda cool

Just happens to be one of my all-time favorite movies.

I envy you.

[shadow]

Yes I watched a show on the Dicovery Channel about the skull cleaning beetle's, handy little guy's to have. I got dozen's of different skull's from hunting through the years, keep em out in the shop bad voodoo for the wife hehe. J.Johnson, fantastic movie ,had to get the DVD to watch it intil the wife scream's lol. Ed

[r1derbike]

A bit off topic, but since someone brought it up; is the Predator vs. Terminator worth buying at 5 bucks?

I've got the rest of the Terminator/Predator movies, and this one would round-out the set, if tolerable.

Charles

[davee1]

Oh...definately worth 5 bucks. Pretty cool if you ask me. I have it in my DVD collection.