IF you have a large backyard: Put the skull in a 5 gallon bucket, fill to the bottom of the horns. Let sit a week or two in the sun. The horns should pull off at some point during this period. Scrap/rinse them out, fill them with borax and let em sit upside down for a spell. Fill the 5 gallon buck with more water over the entire skull. Let sit an additional two or three weeks, covered. After this period, the bacteria in the water will have done a good job of cleaning the skull. Simply spray it off with the hose. You may have some scraping to do, but not much. Make sure you watch for and keep loose teeth. After the skull has been rinsed and dried, I super glue the teeth back in, as well as any loose seams. I have done a bunch of antelope this way for myself and others, and all have turned out great. The skull turns out a nice, natural color. If you desire a white skull, I use 40 or 50 volume hydrogen peroxide before superglueing anything. Apply the paste with a paint brush and let sit in the sun for a day. It'll be white as a ghost. This method also allows for the preservation of the nasal cavity. The drawback of the method is the smell and that it takes about a month, more if you have colder temps. The advantage is that there is almost no scraping to be done, simply let the bacteria in the water do the work. The method works particularly well with antelope because you can remove the horns and the whole skull will fit in the bucket. Deer/elk and harder in that regard. I cover antlers with a garbage bag to limit sun exposure. I use this method exclusively for antelope.
