Not doing a whitetail (yet) but I shot a coyote back in October and let it lay for mother nature to take its course. Picked the skull up two weeks ago and it had a lot of fur left on it but I was able to get the vast majority of the skin pulled off pretty easily. At this point 99% of the skin and soft tissues are gone, there's just a little left hanging around the inside of the mouth and around the teeth. I soaked it for a few days in dish washing liquid and water to degrease and pulled it out this morning. I got almost everything cleaned off now but there's just a little bit left on the roof of the mouth and around the teeth. It's not even skin but maybe the connective tissue between the skin and bones. I went ahead and made a fresh batch of the dish soap and water and have it soaking a second time.
Does anyone know what will work for getting that last little bit off? I couldn't get a grip on it with needle nosed pliers. The teeth are pretty loose so I've got to be careful working around them and I don't want to use anything that'll discolor or scrape up the bone. Any ideas?
Hoping to get it cleaned up in the next day or two and start the peroxide soak. Hoping I can get it nice and white. Once that's done I'll glue the teeth in place and try to figure out how to wire the lower jaw on so it can articulate. I've read using white velcro isn't a terrible way to go and pretty easy to do.
Does anyone know what will work for getting that last little bit off? I couldn't get a grip on it with needle nosed pliers. The teeth are pretty loose so I've got to be careful working around them and I don't want to use anything that'll discolor or scrape up the bone. Any ideas?
Hoping to get it cleaned up in the next day or two and start the peroxide soak. Hoping I can get it nice and white. Once that's done I'll glue the teeth in place and try to figure out how to wire the lower jaw on so it can articulate. I've read using white velcro isn't a terrible way to go and pretty easy to do.