rossislider Report post Posted January 26, 2021 Here is the first of a couple of videos of the cat. Only about 10 VOTES (likes) behind. Thanks to all and please keep them coming! https://youtube.com/shorts/yocWn1USe8g 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daryl_s Report post Posted January 26, 2021 Awesome video!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 26, 2021 This guy only post his pics cause he wants our vote???? Unreal!!! lol J/K Free bump 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, bonecollector said: This guy only post his pics cause he wants our vote???? Unreal!!! lol J/K Free bump LOL, you've got me! I've still got more pictures, a longer video, and some cool skull cleaning pictures using a new technique suggested by Heather of Wild Heritage Taxidermy fame. They are doing my mount. So keep the votes coming... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted January 26, 2021 Dale does amazing work. Hebhas my bison right now. Im amazed how quick the cat died. What kind of broadhead you using? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 26, 2021 34 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: Dale does amazing work. Hebhas my bison right now. Im amazed how quick the cat died. What kind of broadhead you using? So were we. The shot was about as perfect as could be (no shortage of humility here 🤣). Took out the heart cleanly. Draysen, my son, bought me a pack of Vortex mechanicals (Steve Ward's broadheads) for Christmas. I had heard great things and had been wanting to try them for a while. Extremely impressed so far! I've shot two animals now with them, the lion and a javelina a few weeks ago. The javelina died crazy fast! I saw the herd on a ridge and did a circle around them to get in front of the slow moving herd, and to get the wind perfect. I had this really old boar walk into 5 yards before he cleared a bush and I shot him. He took about a half step backwards after the hit and fell over dead within 6 inches of where I hit him, Crazy! Exit hole on the lion. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, rossislider said: Here is the first of a couple of videos of the cat. Only about 10 VOTES (likes) behind. Thanks to all and please keep them coming! https://youtube.com/shorts/yocWn1USe8g VERY awesome video!!!!! So cool!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outdoor Writer Report post Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, rossislider said: Here is the first of a couple of videos of the cat. Only about 10 VOTES (likes) behind. Thanks to all and please keep them coming! https://youtube.com/shorts/yocWn1USe8g Super vid! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 27, 2021 Bumping back up to the top with video two, my favorite one! My son, Draysen, was filming. He may have been more excited than me and was so worried about my nerves getting the best of me, that he coached me through the whole thing. He hates this video, but I love it! Please keep to votes coming! https://youtu.be/Svvu8Vz3MRA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 28, 2021 I promised I'd show some pictures of working on my euro using the maceration technique suggested to me by Heather and Dale. The general idea is to let the bacteria found in water do the job that beetles or simmering might do. You don't have to mess with beetles and avoid the heat and detergents used in simmering. So I filled a 5 gallon bucket up with very green pond water (loaded with bacteria), dropped my lion skull in after I had removed the eyes, brain, and the meat easily removed with a knife, and lastly sealed the bucked up and left it in my garage (warmer than the backyard). Skip ahead two weeks when I first opened the bucket. The smell was INSANE!!! Maybe the worst smell I have even experienced, but most of the meat had been eaten away by the bacteria. I stick it back in the bucket for a couple more days till the weekend to seal in the smell till I could take it to the desert (away from the neighborhood) to dump the water and rinse the skull in another bucket of soapy water. I then brought it home and rinsed it off under normal hose water pressure. Doing that alone probably removed 95% of the meat and tissue. I did have to hit it with the pressure washer to remove a few stubborn bits. I have now had is soaking in a cold peroxide bath since last weekend to whited and deodorize. When that is done I will start the degreasing and ultimately finish by gluing all the teeth back in. The maceration process definitely has its advantages and seems to have worked extremely well. However, due to the absolute awfulness of the smell, we will probably only use it certain occasions with certain animals. For my son's euro business he will be sticking with the regular simmering process. *Side note, after taking the skull out of the nasty water for the final time, I made the mistake of holding it in my bare hands (see pictures of me holding and washing it below). DON"T DO THIS!!! It took me 20+ hand washings over 3 days before I couldn't smell that smell on me hands anymore. After two weeks in the bucket After 2.5 weeks and rinsing off with the hose and normal hose pressure. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 28, 2021 Those 2 happy little kids with the bluegill could probably use the $100 though 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daryl_s Report post Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 8:04 PM, rossislider said: Top "Like" getter for each of the three categories (general outdoors, fishing, and hunting) each wins a $100 gift card. There’s a winner for each category 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, trphyhntr said: Those 2 happy little kids with the bluegill could probably use the $100 though Yes, there are 3 categories. The first three pictures are in the general outdoors category, the second group of three pictures is in the fishing category, and the final three (including mine) are in the hunting category. There will be a winner for each category. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 28, 2021 40 minutes ago, rossislider said: Yes, there are 3 categories. The first three pictures are in the general outdoors category, the second group of three pictures is in the fishing category, and the final three (including mine) are in the hunting category. There will be a winner for each category. Oh I see lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 31, 2021 Today is the last day to vote. If any of you haven't yet vote by liking my lion picture at the first link on this post, I would appreciate it. Here is my first food preparation with the lion. I deboned the front shoulder (on lions the front shoulder is almost as meaty as the rear) and slow cooked it in the crockpot with roasted green chilies, onions, garlic, seasoning, and a stick of butter. Based on color and texture, I was expecting the favor to be similar to pork. I was very surprised to find it tasted extremely similar to beef. It wasn't at all gamey. In they was it is prepared here, I think I could have passed it off as a shredded beef roast and noone would have known otherwise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
