hog tusks and cutters

[fortress49]

What do you all do with the hog tusks and cutters of the hogs that you get?

Obviously, you can't get all the heads sent to the taxidermist for several reasons.  They may not be suitabe for display, finances won't allow it, the wife won't allow it :grin: , and most people wouldn't want that many mounted boar heads anyway.  But, I would think it would be cool to collect the tusks and cutters.  Do you all do that?  If so, how do you display them?  If not, what do you do with them?  If not, send them to me :grin: !!!  

Matt

[howie1968]

what  i  do  if  it  is  a boar  that  has  tusks I  skin  the  head  by splitting  down  the  front  and  peel  the  skin  back,  get  as  much  of  the  meat  off  as possible  either  put  it  into  an ant bed   or  i  put  it  in a large pot  and  boil it  until  all  the  meat  comes  off  aftwards  i  spray  laquer on it  to  preserve it,  I  have  quite  a  few  on display around my house  i  also  make  a  wood display case  for  them,  plus  i  usually  put  the  spent  case  in  there mouth  and  if  i  recover  the  bullet  put it  in  there also  i  do  have  some  pics   and  i  will  post  them  as  soon  as  my daughter  is  done  using  her  pc

[fortress49]

Hey Howie,

That is a good idea.  I saw the one pig head that you posted earlier and it looks very nice.  I just did not realize that you had done that yourself.  Great idea.

Matt

[howie1968]

i  have  learned  to  do  them  as  it  sure  beats paying 20.00  to have it  done  the  thing about  the  ant bed method  is  you  need  to  wire  it  down  and  stake  it  as other critters  will get  to  it

[Wynn]

I do the same thing as Howie. Skin, trim and boil. Works on deer and cow heads to. "She Who Must be Obeyed" makes me do it outside. I use a fish fryer with a 8 gal. stock pot. I have a big one mounted on the living room wall though. I told her there wasn't enough wall space in the Gun Room. She doesn't like it much but I promised to mount her next deer to put by it.

[Graybeard]

On the one I had mounted I had the taxidermist use them rather than the plastic ones they normally use. All the rest have been tossed along with the hide and rest of carcass after I took what was eatable

GB

[fortress49]

Hello Graybeard,

I was serious about sending them to me!  If you just toss them, then stick them in a ziplock bag and send them to me.  I'll even send you money for postage.  If you're willing. I'll send you my address.

Matt

PS  I have never thanked you for this great site, so I'll take the time now...THANKS!!!!  I really enjoy the site and appreciate the work you do.

[howie1968]

another thing i do  is  make necklaces out of them, drill  them with a dremel  and  thread  them  ill  take  some pictures this afternoon  of  various  cutters  and  tusks  i  have collected,  have  you ever seen  an East texas toothpick?  i  have  collected  about  10  so  far  this  year

[fortress49]

Howie,

That is exactly what I was thinking of doing!  I'll look forward to seeing the pics.

Matt

[Rmouleart]

I have done a few bears and a german boar & a deers head, cut out all the meat I could around the skull, then boiled it for hours in big pan, got off more meat etc,then use a coat hanger to pull the brain out from the stem of the head, then put the head in a bucket filled with ammonia, don't use bleach it will make the bone brittle, I leave it in the bucket with a cover for a couple of months, then take it out and the rest of the meat etc...comes off with ease, just a jell left, make sure you don't loose your teeth at the bottom of the bucket, before you dump it;) a neat way to keep something you have got hunting, you can mount the head on a peace of stained wood as well, put a little brass plate indicating the date shot. cool things to do that don't cost that much. Aim small hit small. RAMbo.

[howie1968]

i pretty  much  do  it  the  same  way,  i  also utilize  the  cartidge case  and  the  bulltet  if  recovered  it  is  a  fun  thing  to  do  when  it is  raining  and  i  am  not  able  to  get  to  the  woods

[shooter444002]

Another easy way and more compact is to skin out the snout and cut the whole snout off a couple of inches behind the cutters and wetters and mount them on a board either together or apart or just with the cutters.

[Bushnell Boy]

I cut the head off in the field of the boar I shot last year so I just took a wyoming saw and cut right into the jaw. Once I got down pretty far I just put pressure on each tusk with my boot and they broke right out. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but this spring I boiled them to take the remaining pieces of jaw off and made them into a neclace. You can kind of see them in this pick although its not very clear.

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I put beads inbetween them and the rest of the way up the neclace for filler. Hopefully I can get some more on there this year.