A summer time project....

Since arriving back in New Zealand in later November I've done fairly well on the hunting front having around 8-10 deer already. I have stopped putting up reports but this one in particualr is quite special to me......

I was lucky enough to shoot a respectable Fallow Buck in mid February this year. My brother and I both agreed it looked hard enough to strip and I took the shot; putting the buck down where he stood.

Here is he (located just on dark).
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My brother and the buck.
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It was by far the fattest deer I have ever seen. It easily had two inches of fat all over his rump. The following day I then begin the process of stripping the velvet and cleaning up the skull a little more.

Here's a few photo's of my progress.
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I then peroxided the skull and stained the antlers (didn't take many photo's of this process) and then chucked it up on the wall at my parents ;)

First coat of potassium permaganate. I then sanded it to give the stain a multi layered effect... more noticeable on the palms afterwards.
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Up on the wall next to my best Red and Sambar heads.
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Sorry about all the photo's. t's taken around six weeks to get it to that stage but I'm wrapped with how it's turned out.

Now... to find a Sika ;)

Cheers,
Pop Shot

Nice work. I have a good 10 point red head, stripped but not stained yet. Would be very keen to know a little more of the process.

Mean nice looking buck

Old fat ass aye!! Good shit mate :thumbsup:

Nice one. I'm in the process of staining a nice fallow head up now myself.

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Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

Nice work. I have a good 10 point red head, stripped but not stained yet. Would be very keen to know a little more of the process.

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The staining process was really straight forward. I purchased some Potassium Permaganate off trade me - cost around $4 for 50grams or something like that.

Then I mixed a few teaspoons in a old mug of hot water to disolve them and then got stuck in painting the skull. Obviously, the more crystals you add the darker the stain. I didn't go all the way out to the tips and once it had dried after hour or so in the sun, I then lighly sanded the tips and main rub points to give it a bit more character.

I've since stained a few more heads we had sitting out on the shed that had been naturally bleaced by the sun.

Nice..trophy wall is coming along nicely...

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Mint work mate, that looks cool, I'd love to have a wall like that one day.....have to get out more!!!!!!