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July 20, 2012 – 12:46 am
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I recently acquired some old mule deer antlers. The fur is still on a couple of them and I want to remove it so I can use them without damaging the antler. I was simmering with sal-soda but got concerned that the natural color of the antlers would be damaged. Am I worrying too much? Is there a better way without risk? Thanks for any help.

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July 20, 2012 – 3:34 am
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Are you trying to clean the entire skull or just the skull plate for mounting?

Or are you trying to remove the velvet from the antlers themselves?

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July 20, 2012 – 11:27 am
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I am only trying to clean the skull plate so I can use them for practice mounting. They are not in velvet. A few years ago it seems I remember when I was cleaning some whitetail antlers I lost some of the natural coloring on the bottom part of the antlers during the simmering process. I am trying to avoid a repeat of this!

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July 20, 2012 – 11:19 pm
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Just soak it in water for 24 hours or so and you should be able to skin it off. Be careful not to get the antlers down in the water because it could darken them and leave a ring where the water line was.

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