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Hunting => Predator Hunting => Topic started by: bigben on February 14, 2008, 09:25:34 AM

Title: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: bigben on February 14, 2008, 09:25:34 AM
turned out nice.  check out them toophers.    a buddy of mine has a skull cleaning bussiness.  he did it for dad. 

(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2494/ben1vh6.jpg)

(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6171/bengf6.jpg)
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: keekee on February 14, 2008, 10:45:55 AM
Looks real good!


Brent
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: KySongDog on February 14, 2008, 11:14:11 AM
Very nice!  Those canines look impressive! 

Semp
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: muss on February 14, 2008, 11:16:51 AM
looks good
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: Troy Walter on February 14, 2008, 11:54:13 AM
That looks nice,but them teeth could do some damage.
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Post by: Jeb on February 14, 2008, 12:11:51 PM
Very nice !
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: Hawks Feather on February 14, 2008, 12:24:28 PM
Those teeth are just nasty, but then it is a CAT!  The skull sure looks nice and white.  I have never had anything like that done, but I have heard of the beetles, etc.  Do they bleach it after all the flesh is off or does a cat just have a really white skull?

Jerry
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: bigben on February 14, 2008, 12:48:14 PM
from what I hear from my buddy it is something with the degreaser.  every skull I have seem that he did looked like this so I knew it was in good company.
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: bigben on February 14, 2008, 12:58:25 PM
here is the fellas website http://skullcleaning.embarqspace.com/#
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: Silencer on February 14, 2008, 03:20:44 PM
They showed the process on dirty jobs, the host about vomited  :hahaha:

Good looking skull Ben, nice job !
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: Hawks Feather on February 14, 2008, 03:58:52 PM
Thanks for the website address.  That was pretty interesting.  Does anyone know what kind of license you need to be a taxidermist in PA?  I found it interesting on his site that he can't attach a cleaned skull to a board because that would change it to being classified as taxidermy.  I did taxidermy years ago here in Ohio and there wasn't any special license needed at that time.  You just had to keep track of the owner's name, address, date of receipt of the animal, and species.  I did get a visit from a couple of federal officers wanting to know if I mounted any ducks or songbirds.  I told them no and I didn't plan to do any songbirds, but would let  them know if anyone brought me any.  I still have a bunch of glass eyes in the basement. . . never know when you might need some.

Jerry
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: FinsnFur on February 14, 2008, 05:10:00 PM
That did turn out nice. :yoyo:

We used to put them in a bucket of water for a week or so, which rotted all the meat and tissue. Then hose em off, bleach them with the same peroxide bleach kits women use for their hair....and them spray them with a sealer, to stop any odors and keep it from attracting insect.
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: wv_yoter on February 17, 2008, 10:17:16 AM
That's pretty cool.
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Post by: azfester on February 17, 2008, 06:31:15 PM
nice looking skull, thanks for the website!!
Title: Re: my fathers bobcat skull
Post by: ohiobob on February 20, 2008, 08:47:12 AM
That is a nice Clean Skull, I just always boiled mine in Sal Soda, it stinks like hell, but I always Boiled them over a fire in the Back Yard.
Good looking Skull your Dad has
Bob