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<blockquote data-quote="Ready_fire_aim" data-source="post: 4057992" data-attributes="member: 50626"><p>I read around a few different places online and most people recommended 6 months minimum or up to 1 year in the ground. Of course it all depends on how much bacteria and insect activity there is in the soil. I buried it in some nice dark good soil, in a shady area by one of my outbuildings. Also its really close to my house and in an area that I don’t have many problems with critters. A lot of my property is fenced with sheep fencing, it’s pretty good at keeping critters out. This area is also close to where I frequently bury carp and fish cleaning carcasses in the ground, under where we plan to garden. I haven’t had much trouble with critters digging up my fish. </p><p></p><p>From what I understand, the staining on the bone is the biggest drawback of the burying method. If it’s really bad, some folks hit it with flat bone white colored spray paint.. again this is really just an experiment for me. He was just a domestic sheep. I won’t be heartbroken if it doesn’t turn out great haha</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Right. Yeah, I watched some videos about that. That is one issue that makes the boiling method much better for sheep skulls… it’s not really an issue with deer antlers. That being said, I found some forums where people reported burying ram skulls and said the horn sheath separated from the core pretty easily after digging it up. From there you can cut off most of the core, use various methods to clean out the inside of the horn sheaths, then epoxy the sheaths back on the core stubs after it’s all cleaned/dried/not stinky lol </p><p></p><p>But I don’t know, there’s also horror stories about the burying method where people still wind up having to boil them. At that point it’s disgusting as hell. Also read a horror story where a guy dug up a skull that wasn’t fully decomposed yet, but he decided to try to start scraping off some of the muck. He wound up cutting his finger and getting a flesh eating bacteria infection that almost killed him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ready_fire_aim, post: 4057992, member: 50626"] I read around a few different places online and most people recommended 6 months minimum or up to 1 year in the ground. Of course it all depends on how much bacteria and insect activity there is in the soil. I buried it in some nice dark good soil, in a shady area by one of my outbuildings. Also its really close to my house and in an area that I don’t have many problems with critters. A lot of my property is fenced with sheep fencing, it’s pretty good at keeping critters out. This area is also close to where I frequently bury carp and fish cleaning carcasses in the ground, under where we plan to garden. I haven’t had much trouble with critters digging up my fish. From what I understand, the staining on the bone is the biggest drawback of the burying method. If it’s really bad, some folks hit it with flat bone white colored spray paint.. again this is really just an experiment for me. He was just a domestic sheep. I won’t be heartbroken if it doesn’t turn out great haha Right. Yeah, I watched some videos about that. That is one issue that makes the boiling method much better for sheep skulls… it’s not really an issue with deer antlers. That being said, I found some forums where people reported burying ram skulls and said the horn sheath separated from the core pretty easily after digging it up. From there you can cut off most of the core, use various methods to clean out the inside of the horn sheaths, then epoxy the sheaths back on the core stubs after it’s all cleaned/dried/not stinky lol But I don’t know, there’s also horror stories about the burying method where people still wind up having to boil them. At that point it’s disgusting as hell. Also read a horror story where a guy dug up a skull that wasn’t fully decomposed yet, but he decided to try to start scraping off some of the muck. He wound up cutting his finger and getting a flesh eating bacteria infection that almost killed him. [/QUOTE]
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