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Offline bowsandroses

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Horn removal?
« on: February 01, 2012, 02:33:42 am »
O.K. I just had a long horn beef buttered and he has real nice horns so I kept the head. My question is what is the best way to get the horns loose? Cut them off and scrape out the core? Boil head and horns till they come loose? Rap them to reduce weathering and set out back to let nature loosen them? The horns are about 20" a side, Ive never messed with this before so any and all advice is greatly appreciated.                                                Thank you Hugh
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 04:03:59 am »
I boiled some a while back,the outer layer will slip right off, worked very well for me. Much easier than I tought.  :)
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Offline Jeanette

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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 04:44:23 am »
One thing I use to do is go to the local slaughter house and they would give me the horns cut. I would take the horns home and throw them up on the roof 6 mts laterthey where dried out (S. Louisiana in the summer is HOT) get the horns down an rap them on a 2x4 and the "marrow" just popped out then you can scrap the horn sand and pumice it to a nice shine. If you are going to make a drinking horn make sure to clean and seal the inside of the horn. Horn also makes nnice spoons and shot glasses. The shards and ect can be cut and shaped for making horned notches.
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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 10:39:10 am »
I cut the last few off using piano wire as a saw.  Then just smacked them on the work bench a couple of times and the bone core popped out.
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 12:48:51 pm »
  I see that you just had him buttered, so they ought to slip off real easy ::), sorry couldn't pass that up ;).
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Offline bowsandroses

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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 01:28:09 pm »
Thanks for the help folks greatly appreciated.
Mullet thanks took me a minute but ha! ha! good catch how'bouts butchered :laugh:
To think I have recently passed colledge writing :o
Hugh
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 05:00:31 pm »
I wish I had the problem of getting the cores out of cow horns.  Can't find raw horn anywhere in western South Dakota. 

I even posted on a muzzleloader site that I would return a finished powder horn to anyone sending me a pair of raw horns.  Never got a single response. 
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 05:40:37 pm »
I'll take you up on that deal. I have two American Bison horns and cow horns.
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Offline bowsandroses

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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2012, 02:16:30 am »
Boy this Mullet guy just won't quit being the hero! >:D :laugh:
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2012, 01:19:37 pm »
Plus the guy gets to drive them really cool air boats...the flatbottomed skiffs with the big ol' V8 hooked up to a airplane propeller. 

IF I grow up I wanna be just like Uncle Mullet!

And he runs over pigs, don't forget that!  He's just all kinds of cool.
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Offline bowsandroses

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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2012, 01:30:55 pm »
Yep! that settles it he's my new hero O:) But I don't wanna grow up >:D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2012, 01:37:11 pm »
Note in my previous post the phrase, "IF I grow up..."    >:D
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2012, 12:18:10 am »
You guys are killin' me ::) ;D.
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Re: Horn removal?
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2012, 12:22:07 am »
uncle mullet, can i borrow your airboat
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2012, 12:28:02 am »
It's a long drive south for you. :)
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