The Massey

[buckdeer1]

I have a guy here that does it cheap enough I won't use the time.He said he would prefer that the skin be left on as the steam takes off the meat better and then uses pressure washer

 

[KSQ2]

First coat of whitening tooth paste on for the night.

 

[Native Hunter]

Finally getting around to making some deer head stew.
My father-in-law wanted the cape, so it took a while to get the head back.
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Looks good. I thought at first you were doing a soup commercial.

 

[catscratch]

Tooth paste?

 

[KSQ2]

Tooth paste?

Yep, we do this instead of boiling in peroxide. It is much easier to control imo, so you don't have to worry about possibly having to stain the antler bases later.

 

[catscratch]

I always used a peroxide paste after cleaning. Didn't know toothpaste would work. Great tidbit to have in the noggin! Thanks.

 

[E_308]

I use basic white and 40% peroxide mixed in a paste. You wouldn't want to do it indoors on the counter top! First time I bought it at the beauty supply store the lady had a lot of questions for the skinny bald guy!

 

[T-Max]

I use basic white and 40% peroxide mixed in a paste. You wouldn't want to do it indoors on the counter top! First time I bought it at the beauty supply store the lady had a lot of questions for the skinny bald guy!

This blue haired lady asked me a lot of questions to make sure she was getting me the right product. As you can imagine she was quite shocked to learn I was using it to whiten a rotten bison skull I found...

 

[KSQ2]

We finally got a front view of the snow sled buck. I didn’t realize he had a frame quite like this. If he can add a tine or two and take a jump, he could be pretty interesting next year.

 

[Native Hunter]

We finally got a front view of the snow sled buck. I didn’t realize he had a frame quite like this. If he can add a tine or two and take a jump, he could be pretty interesting next year.
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That could be a dandy next year.

 

[KSQ2]

Thought I’d snap a picture this morning for posterity; this doesn’t happen around here much anymore. It really is beautiful outside.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Thought I’d snap a picture this morning for posterity; this doesn’t happen around here much anymore. It really is beautiful outside.
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Your soil will be thankful for every drop

 

[KSQ2]

The hedge has been going fast the last few weeks!

 

[Native Hunter]

The hedge has been going fast the last few weeks!
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Looking good. Keep up the good work,

 

[Mennoniteman]

The hedge has been going fast the last few weeks!
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Are you going to start burning sheds if you run out of hedge?

 

[KSQ2]

Are you going to start burning sheds if you run out of hedge?

Those are some of the sheds that made the cut. Most are in boxes in the attic. In that pile are earlier sheds off some bucks we've shot, a couple that were just really unique, and some of the bigger ones that have come off the Massey. We haven't done the best job of labelling some, we need to get better at that. I have a buddy who tags nearly every shed he finds each year, and he finds a bunch! Of course, he's 44 years old and single without children...

 

[M. R. Byrd]

Those are some of the sheds that made the cut. Most are in boxes in the attic. In that pile are earlier sheds off some bucks we've shot, a couple that were just really unique, and some of the bigger ones that have come off the Massey. We haven't done the best job of labelling some, we need to get better at that. I have a buddy who tags nearly every shed he finds each year, and he finds a bunch! Of course, he's 44 years old and single without children...

I mark the butts of mine with date found

 

[Mennoniteman]

I mark the butts of mine with date found

Great idea, I never thought of marking the butts. We write the name of the finder, location, and date found right on the side of the antler with black marker, at our camp we celebrate the finder of a shed much the way same as an in season buck harvest, if it's a nice one there's much fanfare and the marked antler gets it place of honor on "the pile".

 

[Native Hunter]

I mark the butts of mine with date found

Just like Trump signing executive orders with his sharpie!!

 

[KSQ2]

We'll see if this provides any good pics the next couple of weeks. In years past, for the money, alfalfa has been much better than corn for getting pics over time.