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rockhound
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« on: November 19, 2009, 10:20:00 PM »
Will beetles eat aligator skin?
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RD Martin
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2009, 10:22:02 PM »
partially.....mostly. I don't skin the head. Almost impossible.
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2009, 10:35:56 PM »
prep the best you can remove the brain especially!

Place in there skin and all.  They will eat it!
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2009, 06:41:48 AM »
thats what i was hoping youd say.
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 09:10:14 AM »
I just did 3 gators and yes, they will eat it. If they dont eat the scales on top of the head between the eyes, either soak the skull in water for a few days then scrape them off or let it dry completely and they will flake off. Have fun with the teeth!!
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 11:27:14 AM »
i did an eight inch alligator head last year, the beetles took awhile but they were eating it, my impatience got the best of me so i macerated, but they would have eventually got it, yes the teeth are a pain to keep in the right places!
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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 11:29:55 AM »
I did 6 for a guy in south texas.  The biggest being 24"...and the beetles wiped it out in 3 days.

They like alligator!  Lol
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 07:32:00 PM »
that is good to know, I was getting ready to try and skin out an alligator head tomorrow.......now I don't have too......
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 07:47:28 PM »
you will spend all day trying to skin it! 
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