HELP, velvet antlers

[johnse31]

my friend and my wife got thier first bucks this year archery, and they want to do scull mounts our ? is how do you save the antlers and remove the velvet??? and a simple mixture to boil the skulls in??? thanks for the help...
john

[gd357]

Why wouldn't you want to preserve the velvet on the antlers?

gd

[johnse31]

we don't like the velvet, thank-you, john

[gd357]

You should be able to peel the velvet, or leave the skull outside and let it fall off. I've never had to boil one with velvet before, so I can't say what your results would be.

gd

[Duffy]

I think you could just scrape the velvet off either before or after boiling. And as far as boiling goes, I have always used Dawn dish detergent in the water. That works well to "degrease" the bone.