Thread: skull mounting my first tahr

I managed to secure a worthwhile head this week, not my biggest but was planning on dealing to it myself. I have cut most of the head away leaving just the scalp bone. I then thought it should be boiled, like a little fallow I did last year, but as it was boiling I saw on here that the horns need to be removed. The flesh is all gone on the bone, except for the base of the horns.

Once it cooled down I put it in a bucket of cold water. Is this the correct thing to do? I thought if I left it for a week the horns may pull off.