Help w/ Skull ID

[DTrain]

Any ideas what this might have been?

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/DSC01588b.JPG

[wild bill]

young coyote?

[snowman11]

fox

[rancid]

It was a coon.

[ESOX]

It was a coon.

Yep a coon, and not too old. They actually get a crest on top of the scull when you get an old one.

[kbkrause]

Here's a full pic of a coon.

http://www.skullsite.co.uk/Racoon/racoon_lat.jpg

[DTrain]

Thanks guys! It seems to be in good shape except for a couple missing teeth. I am going to try and clean it up a bit and get it whiter. Any suggestions on how to best go about this?

Thanks!

[ESOX]

Wrap it in cloth keep the cloth wet with Hydrogen peroxide. You might need to tuck cotton balls into recesses.

[Partikle]

I think that's the skull from the "monster" TheGenericPictureMan saw when he mixed drugs and hunting. :yikes:

At that particular instant I found myself staring into the big, glowing yellow eyes of the of some hideous creature. The creature had huge fangs dripping with salvia. It looked kind of like a shaggy mountain lion, but it was walking upright like a man. Then it howled, and my skin nearly turned inside out in horror.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1376903#post1376903

[MGV]

Yep coon. Have one i am cleaning up right now. Depends on what white you want. There are two ways to do it. Van dyke taxidermy supply has a paste that you can brush on then wash off. Or you could do it the poor mans way of putting it in a pot of Hydrogen peroxide water. Esox's way would work good also. just remember in the water there is a good chance the teeth will fall out. just get the elmers glue out and put them back in. just don't mix coyote teeth and a coon's. It turns into a fun puzzle.

[DTrain]

Are you guys talking about that strong hydrogen peroxide you get from a beauty supply store or the regular stuff you can get at any drug store?

[steely171]

Use the stuff you get from the beauty salon cheaper and just as good:coolgleamYou just have to let it sit a little longer

[Rustyaxecamp]

Might want to hit the teeth with a drop of super glue or something. They will get loose as it dries out.

[boehr]

Baby cougar, sorry, couldn't resist.:) Yep it is a coon, I have one just like it.

[DTrain]

Nice boehr...:rolleyes:

[Fecus]

You can whitten it cheaply with bleach but be carfule because it can detteroate the bone if ya let it soak too long.

[MGV]

I use the cheap stuff from miejers. About a dollar a bottle. If you are going to soak it make sure to keep a eye on it. the peroxide will eat the bone.

[Taxidermist]

40 vol hyd peroxid and clairol basic white make a paste and paint it on and let go back and moisten it more with 40 vol until it is as white as you want it.

[walleye magnet]

Taxidermist
Where do you buy 40 vol hyd?
I should be able to get Clairol base white at a beauty supply store.
I just finish a boiling a Bobcat, weasel, coon and skunk. My fox fell apart because I boiled it to long.

Walleye Magnet