de-horning Oryx

Submitted by Steve Snelgrooes on 2/6/06 at 8:14 PM. ( snelgro@nts-online.net ) 216.167.133.130

Hi all,my question is how do you seperate the horns of a Scimitar-horned Oryx, I have mounted prong horn,mouflon,Aoudad but never a Oryx and was wanting to here from someone that does them and can share there knowledge, I have boiled some but was wanting to know if this is best or is something better Thanks Steve

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Boil or rot

This response submitted by Steve on 2/6/06 at 9:29 PM. ( ) 205.188.116.136

Ive boiled them off, but if your worried about damaging the horns you can rot them off. Drill a hole thru the skull plate into lthe horn, pour water in and bag them up. Check them periodically. Hope this helps. Steve


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