Trophy boar tusks in centimeters. Processing and registration of hunting trophies. Life in the wild

Boar tusk processing

To extract the tusks of a boar, a part of the animal’s muzzle is sawed off between the eyes and the tusks, as shown in Figure 69. This piece of the muzzle must be at least three and a half times longer than the visible part of the lower tusks. The sawn-off part is placed in a cauldron with cold water so that it is completely hidden under water. The water is brought to a boil and simmered over low heat for 2–3 hours. After cooking, the jaws with fangs are removed from the cauldron and, without allowing them to cool, the fangs are removed. To avoid getting burns, use mittens or rags. The upper fangs are usually removed easily, but to remove the lower ones, they need to be pulled forward 3–5 cm, and then carefully open the jaw bones from the back so that the fangs come out freely. Then the fangs are placed in a cauldron of hot, oily water until it cools. They should not be left without water and should not be washed with cold water. The fang, cooling in oily water, becomes saturated with fat and acquires a protective layer. After cooling, the nerves are removed from the fangs and the inner surface is wiped with cotton wool, dried in a damp and warm place to avoid cracking.

Rice. 69. Extracting boar tusks

After drying, the fangs are degreased with gasoline. It is recommended to fill the inside of the fangs with BF glue (any) and, after holding it inside for 5–10 s, pour it out, repeating this two or three times at intervals of 30 minutes. Before doing this, the glue is heated in a bowl with warm water so that it pours out more easily. Instead of BF glue, the inside of the fangs can be filled with epoxy resin of the following composition: 80 parts filler and 20 hardener. Instead of glue, the cavities of the fangs can be filled with tweezers with cotton wool soaked in epoxy resin; after 12 hours the glue hardens, giving them greater strength.

To prevent fangs from deteriorating due to changes in humidity, they can be coated with a thin layer of colorless synthetic varnish. Fangs cannot be bleached.

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The wild boar is a fairly large animal that can reach up to one and a half meters in length. The weight of an adult varies from 150 to 300 kilograms. The boar's bristly fur resembles the coloration of a bear with a slight reddish tint. Their distinctive feature can be called large lower fangs, the size of which can be about 25 centimeters. This dexterous and agile animal is capable of accelerating up to 40 km per hour, which makes it elusive for both wild animals and hunters. On top of that, the wild boar swims well and jumps at a distance of 3.5 meters.

The role of fangs

The main function performed by the fangs of a wild boar is defense and attack. The main threat to this animal may be a pack of wolves, hunters or a bear. When attacked, a boar is capable of inflicting lacerations thanks to its tusks. Everyone knows that the boar is an animal that people hunt with pleasure. You should know that this beast is not so stupid. There have been many cases when wild boars lured a person to the reeds using various tricks, after which they suddenly attacked. It is very difficult to escape from the fangs of an angry boar; they are deadly. When an animal is wounded, it becomes enraged and may attack in response. In such a wounded and enraged state, even the wolves do not touch him.

Wild boar habitats

The boar (wild boar) is a fairly common species that lives throughout Europe, Asia, America and other tropical places. This animal has taken root both in coniferous forests and deserts. The most favorite place for such wild boars is oak forests. Very often such a large wild boar is found in the Caucasus and Transbaikalia near mountain rivers. The boar is a herd animal. Females are smaller in size than males and have a smaller habitat with piglets than a male. Its territory depends on the saturation of food in a particular place. These stray animals are capable of traveling several kilometers in one day in search of food.

Animal nutrition

The boar is an animal that eats quite varied. The boar's most favorite delicacies are:

  • Bulbous plants.
  • Various roots.
  • Nuts, acorns, berries.
  • Herbaceous plants.
  • Frogs, lizards, snakes.
  • Various insects.
  • Bird eggs.

Wild boar offspring

An animal such as the boar (wild boar) is divided into 25 subspecies, which are characterized by a stocky body with a large head, wide ears and small eyes. All adults protect their herds. Each female is capable of producing approximately five piglets annually, each of which can weigh about half a kilogram after birth. Nature itself took care of the safety of the babies and painted them with stripes, which makes small wild boars less noticeable, unlike adult boars with a dark color. Since wild pigs most often unite in huge herds in the fall to protect their young, even wolves do not always decide to attack pig offspring.

Boar character

Most boars prefer to spend their day in gray, marshy areas, wallowing in holes. In case of danger, this huge boar is able to escape through thickets impenetrable to other animals, swim across a water obstacle, and, if necessary, attack. After all, everyone knows that the best defense is an attack. The big boar tries to avoid meeting people, but there are often cases when hunters and dogs run into trouble themselves and they can find it. A pig's hearing is quite well developed, so for everyone's safety, feeding is done at night. The behavior of females should also be noted, because for the sake of their offspring they are ready to go into fire, into water, and even into an armed man, whom they will pursue to the last.

Precautionary measures

In order not to run into such a deadly animal as a boar once again, it is recommended to act as follows:

  1. Be as careful as possible and do not come close to a flock of wild boars. It's best to leave before the person is spotted.
  2. If you happen to stumble upon a piglet, you should keep in mind that the mother is definitely somewhere nearby.
  3. If tracks of a boar are found, it is better to go in the other direction, away from this pig trail.
  4. When a boar takes a person by surprise, there is no need to attack him. The best way out of this situation is to climb a tall tree and hide for a while.

Hatching of offspring

Pregnancy of females can last about 120 days, after which they are temporarily separated from their herd to build a nest in some quiet place. The new “home” for the brood looks more like a hut made of branches. During this crucial period, the mother becomes as aggressive as possible, which allows her to reliably protect and protect her cubs. Unlike males, the female does not have huge, terrifying fangs, but this does not mean at all that she is not dangerous. When defending or attacking, she is capable of overpowering and trampling her victim to death. After the offspring grow up, all family members return to the herd.

Life in the wild

Nature provides for everything, but this does not mean at all that life in this world will be without difficulties and obstacles, even for wild boars. Without a doubt, the boar's tusks are a powerful weapon and assistant throughout the entire period of their existence. But it is impossible to predict weather conditions that significantly complicate their lives. Snow makes it difficult for them to move, as a result of which the animals are able to overcome only one and a half kilometers, which threatens them with hunger and no fangs or speed of the animal will help with this.

The skin of a boar is quite thick, especially in the thigh area. Many hunters know this firsthand. An animal wounded in the thigh is worse than a healthy one, since such an angry animal is capable of fighting the offender to the last.

Everyone knows that the boar is an animal that emits a terrible roar that can put anyone into a stupor. When meeting an animal, you need to remember that it has an excellent sense of smell and hearing, but its vision is slightly impaired - this can be used in certain situations to save itself. In the wild, when this huge boar comes face to face with an opponent, he will never back down, no matter how many enemies surround him.

wild boar

The boar is an animal with a rather unusual appearance. Its body can be divided into two parts: back and front. From the front, the boar is huge and massive, with a smooth flowing body that tapers strongly at the back. That's why he looks slightly hunched over. The comb, which stretches along the entire back, gives aggressiveness. Upon reaching three years of age, the boar develops two pairs of powerful tusks. Females are very different in this matter from their partners. These weapons can become sharper and more dangerous over the years, since wild boars constantly sharpen them on stones and frozen ground. The wild boar is an animal that resembles a kind of tank, capable of making its way through even the most impenetrable thickets with lightning speed. This allows you to save your life if necessary. And the animal’s favorite pastime is mud baths.

The body of a boar is so dense and knitted that it more closely resembles a bristly shell, which not every hunter can pierce, but can easily irritate the animal. This animal is unusually strong and is capable of turning over huge stones and picking out ground frozen to 10 centimeters. Of course, meeting one-on-one with such a powerful killer as a boar is a sad story, but you should not give in to panic, even if the beast squeals and tries to intimidate a person. You must always soberly assess the situation. If you do not approach the animal and its cubs, do not provoke it, and do not get noticed, then problems can be avoided. As a last resort, it is recommended to climb the nearest tree - this is the only correct option.

At your request, Podorov’s taxidermy workshop will produce various trophy craft products from boar tusks. A large assortment, high quality, and aesthetic appearance are the distinctive features of our works of taxidermic art.

Boar - animal symbolism

The wild boar has long been considered a powerful symbolic animal. He has strength, pressure, intelligence, cunning, perseverance. Another name for wild boar is boar. Not every hunter was ready to take on him alone, and only the most courageous, dexterous, and successful were able to defeat such a powerful enemy. Since then, the wild boar has been considered a symbol of military valor. It is also a sign of perseverance in achieving a goal. All these meanings are carried by amulets made from boar tusks.

Quality plus attractiveness

Products made from boar tusks can become interior decorations and a nice gift for both men and women. We will design the craft according to your wishes. This can be either a client’s hunting trophy or a product made from raw materials that we select ourselves. We pay great attention to raw materials and use the highest quality. Today it is not a problem to buy plastic imitation of fangs, animal claws, or “homemade” - real teeth, claws, filled with resin or varnish. However, such inexpensive trinkets are not durable. We use modern technologies in the manufacture of products. The raw materials are carefully processed and high-quality materials are used.

Range of offers

In addition to the durability and attractiveness of the trophy, we seriously work on the design. In this regard, boar tusks are very convenient and profitable: a huge number of different products can be made from them.

Thus, we offer boar tusks in the form of:

  • amulet - the fang is placed in a frame equipped with a loop for a chain or cord; can be used as a pendant, a pendant around the neck, as a keychain or in another suitable capacity;
  • wall decoration - a pair or two pairs of animal fangs are used, this is especially suitable for perpetuating hunting trophies; a wooden or plastic medallion base is made, onto which the fangs themselves are attached, and decorated with appropriate decor.

We decorate products depending on their purpose. Thus, a wall decoration made from fangs will differ depending on the interior in some details that help the product fit more successfully into a particular style of the room. And the design of the amulet is chosen taking into account whether it is made for a man or a woman, the age of the future owner, and in what capacity it will be used. Silver, plastic, wood, leather and other materials can make completely different interesting jewelry from the same blank.

Good to know: Sometimes clients want to order the largest possible fangs, believing that they carry the most powerful energy of a seasoned animal. And simply according to the principle, more means better. In fact, it is worth knowing that boar tusks of 20-22 cm with a width of approximately 25 mm are ideal for trophies. They are characteristic of boars 4-5 years old. Of course, with age, fangs still grow, but broken or worn-down elements are often found. If you need miniature, elegant, sharp fangs, for example, for feminine decoration, then these correspond to the age of a two-year-old pig.

It is important not only to make a high-quality product, which Podorov’s workshop guarantees, but also to store it correctly. Sudden changes in temperature, mechanical damage, excessive humidity, and for wall decorations should not be exposed to direct sunlight. It is necessary to remove dirt and grease in a timely manner without using strong chemicals.
If handled correctly, our taxidermy product will delight its owners for a long time.

Boar tusks are one of the best hunting trophies! And boar hunting is definitely a dangerous activity with a lot of thrills, adrenaline in the blood, and, possibly, piercing wounds for the dog, which often falls under the sharp fangs of the cleaver. In this article we will talk about one of the best trophies of a hunter, how to properly remove boar tusks, how and with what to treat them to preserve them for many years, and how to avoid cracking and damage to the tusks.

To begin with, it is worth saying that the best fangs for a trophy are considered to be fangs 20-23 cm long and a uniform width of about 25 mm. Choppers at the age of 4-5 years have such fangs. In old boars, 6-8 years old, the tusks can reach 25 cm in length and 30 mm. in width. But in boars over seven years old, very often (compared to younger individuals) the fangs are broken off or ground down by several millimeters. A piglet at the age of one year already has small fangs about 2 cm long. And already at the age of 1.5 years they can reach 4 cm. After another year, the fangs protrude by 5 cm or more. At this time they become razor sharp.

If you have not yet removed tusks from a boar’s skull, then it is better to ask a more experienced hunter to help you the first time. If this is not possible, then use the recommendations below, and you will succeed!

First of all, we remove the skin from the boar’s head, cut out all the muscles in the jaw area and the tongue. After this we will need a hacksaw for metal. But we will not be sawing off fangs, but jaws. The lower jaw of the cleaver is sawed off at a distance of 10-15 cm from the fangs, the upper jaw - at a distance of 5-8 cm. The sawing should be parallel to the growth of the fangs.

After we have extracted the jaw, it must be boiled. Pour cold water into some container (bucket or pan), place the boar's jaw there and boil over low heat. You need to boil until the tusks can be freely removed from the boar’s jaw. This is usually achieved by boiling for just over an hour. Then you need to wait for the water to cool and remove the fangs. After extracting the fangs, they must be freed from the soft tissue adjacent to the fang using hard tissue. Then the internal soft tissues of the tooth (pulp) are removed. Ordinary tweezers will help us with this, or, if this “tool” is not available, then ordinary wire. The fangs are wiped with a soft cloth inside and out. Some hunters wipe their fangs with a rag soaked in alcohol. Dry the fangs for no more than a day, since due to a sharp change in temperature they crack and fall apart. After drying, the fangs are poured.

Important!!! Before filling, the fangs must be degreased with gasoline or alcohol.

Some hunters use wax or paraffin for filling. But these materials are suitable for filling fangs, which will constantly be in the same temperature regime. If the temperature changes, sooner or later they will crack. The most reasonable solution would be to fill the boar's tusks with epoxy resin. After pouring, until the resin hardens, it is recommended to insert a wire into the fangs (with its help we will attach the trophy to the stand board). But filling only protects the fangs from cracking, and it cannot prevent the destruction of the enamel. To preserve the enamel, boar tusks are coated with two layers of colorless varnish or colorless glue. Treating fangs with fat can also prevent enamel destruction.

The choice of place where the trophy will be stored is also important. There is no need to hang it in the kitchen, where there is constant heat from the stove, near heating appliances and where sunlight hits. In short, avoid high temperatures! Good luck on your hunt and great trophies!

It doesn’t matter what year it is, what era, and what path the development of civilization takes, the magic of animal amulets, boar’s tusk amulets, is still in each of us in the blood. Created by Svarog in the world revealed by the Rod, we remember the dull bitter smell of forest and snow, we hear the howling of wolves and blizzards, our ear sensitively catches the ringing of a fired arrow. And even though we, children of megacities and high technologies, have never experienced this, our genetic memory stores these memories.

The cult of wild animals in an archaic society, where hunting was one of the main types of human activity and a guarantor of human survival, is associated with the use of animal parts in cult practices. It was believed that with the help boar tusk amulet, a warrior or hunter could receive the spirit of the beast as an ally. But, having acquired the spirit, a person receives not only strength, but a whole kind. The spirit animal has its own characteristics and capabilities, and a person who enters into a spiritual union with it has a chance to develop the corresponding abilities.


If your totem is a boar, you can become a good healer, you can learn to heal ailments. The Pig is reasonable and careful, but sometimes in moments of danger it goes ahead, regardless of the real risks.

Boar, dedicated to Perun, strong amulet Boar's Tusk

The boar is mighty, he is the real master of the forest, the wolves are merciless, the lynx is cunning and fierce, but the hunter was not as afraid of them as he was afraid of facing a boar one on one. This beast is cruel and obstinate. Having angered him, he won’t have to wait long for his cruel death. The features of this predator inspired respect and horror in people. The Slavs dedicated the boar to Perun, the god of military power, the lord of thunderstorms. The boar symbolizes military valor, but at the same time – greed, irrepressible pride, lust and violation of innocence. Such attention to this ferocious predator was observed everywhere. Thus, it is known that boars were depicted on the helmets of warriors in Ancient Greece in order to emphasize the military power of the state.

Real boar tusk has been used since ancient times as amulet. Despite the fact that this is a male amulet that bestows strength and perseverance in achieving a goal, it was also worn by women in the form of pendants, on the neck or on the belt. Two boar tusks, connected in the shape of a crescent, were used to protect the horse. The boar tusk can be used in an amulet, as an attunement to the Boar totem, as a key to a powerful egregor.

An adult boar usually has 44 teeth (12 incisors, 4 canines, 16 anterior and 12 posterior). The incisors, canines, second, third and fourth anterior molars are diphyodont, i.e. they have two generations. All posterior teeth have no deciduous predecessors. The anterior radical P11s do not change and remain milky throughout their lives, and often do not appear at all in the lower jaw.

A brief description of age-related changes in individual groups of teeth can be summarized as follows.

Incisors. They are located in the extreme anterior part of the skull. On the lower jaw they are directed straight forward, and on the upper jaw they grow with their apices perpendicularly downward. Newborns have third incisors on both jaws. At the age of 12-15 days, the first pair of teeth erupts through the gums, first in the lower and then in the upper jaw, but they grow relatively slowly: at 2 months of age they reach 0.5 cm in length. 3-month-old individuals already have all the primary incisors. The replacement of baby teeth with definitive ones occurs in the same sequence as the appearance of milk teeth: I3 erupt and are replaced at 9-10 months, I1 at 15-16, and I2 at the end of the 2nd - beginning of the 3rd year of life. Homologous teeth in the upper jaw usually erupt only when the lower teeth have reached approximately 2/3 of their definitive length.

Fangs. Newborns have both pairs of primary canines, which are very similar in appearance to the third incisors. Primary canines grow slowly and remain only until 10-11 months of age. The most characteristic feature of the definitive canines of males is their constant and fairly rapid growth almost throughout life, while in females the canines grow only until 4-5 years of age and very slowly. The lower canines of adult males are directed upwards and to the sides, slightly curving backwards. The upper ones, starting from the 2nd year of life, grow downwards and to the sides, and by the end of the 3rd year their tops begin to bend upward and the more, the older the boar is. Both pairs of canines gradually increase in length and diameter with age, reaching their maximum size in older males. Our observations and studies of male canines show that they can, to some extent, be used to determine age. Figure 2 shows how the shape, size and wear of canines in males changes depending on age. However, canines themselves cannot serve as a reliable indicator for determining the age of animals, since within each age group there is a wide range of variability in their sizes. Note that the length of the canine was measured along the large bend from the border of the alveolus to the top of the tooth, and the width was measured at the widest point at the level of the bony alveolus. The lower canines of males are triangular, the upper ones are rounded; in females, the lower ones are triangular-rounded, and the upper ones are flat. In males, the length of the lower canine along the outer large curve from the root to the apex reaches 230, and the upper - 140 mm; in females - 100 and 55 mm, respectively.

Foreroot. In the wild boar, all the anterior and posterior teeth (both primary and definitive) are placed close to each other, forming a compact row. Only in the lower jaw the first pair is located separately between the canines and second premolars.

On the 5-8th day after birth, the fourth pair of teeth noticeably protrudes from the alveoli on the lower jaw, and the third pair of teeth on the upper jaw: P4 erupts and develops after P3. By 1.5 months of age, piglets have the first and third pairs of incisors, canines, as well as third and fourth anterior teeth; the apices of the second incisors and second anterior molars cut through the bony alveolus. Subsequently, the growth and development of milk teeth proceeds quickly and in a short time, which can be explained by the gradual transition of piglets from feeding on mother’s milk to obtaining food independently. Young animals 3-4 months old already have well-developed anterior teeth, with the exception of the first pair, which is usually formed after the rest.

The replacement of primary anterior teeth with definitive ones begins at 15-16 months, with the fourth pair on the lower jaw erupting first; it grows quickly, reaching full development by 18-20 months, while the third pair by this time grows only to 2/3 of its size, and the second is just emerging. In general, all definitive anterior molar teeth of the lower jaw are finally formed by 22-24 months of age. However, if milk teeth are largely adapted to crushing and grinding food, then all permanent premolars are mostly only crushing or cutting teeth. This is due to the fact that the function of grinding food in 2-3-year-old wild boars is carried out by the developing posterior teeth.

Posterior roots. The first pair of posterior teeth erupts at 4 months of age, and by 6 months they are already fully developed, but traces of wear on the tops of the cusps appear only by 10 months. The development of the second is generally completed by 18-20 months, and the third by the end of the 3rd year of the boar’s life. Molars grow strictly alternately: postalveolar differentiation of each tooth occurs only when the previous one is finally formed. The degree of wear on the cusps and crown surfaces of the teeth also increases consistently. This sequence is one of the best diagnostic signs for establishing a scale of age-related changes in teeth.

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Of all the game that is usually hunted, the cohort of prestigious ones has long included boar, also called wild pig. In ancient times he had a different name - boar. This is a solid, far from stupid and savvy animal. He never backs down and is ready to defend his life to the end, which often threatens the hunter with serious injuries. The brilliant writer A.A. Cherkasov, who described hunting with amazing talent, in his book “Notes of a Hunter of Eastern Siberia” describes the behavior of a wild boar during a hunt: “...look at cleaver, when the dogs catch up with him, stop him, hunters will fly up and surround him from all sides, and he, seeing trouble, will begin to defend himself. All the fur on it stands on end, the eyes burn with courage and throw terrible sparks, white foam pours out of its mouth in clouds, and the cleaver either stands motionless, waiting for an attack, puffs and furiously sharpens its huge white fangs, then rushes like an arrow at the enemies and bold, swift , with an elastic swoop knocks down brave fighters, crosses them in two like a gauntlet, throws them up with his snout, slashes with fangs like a knife, makes terrible mortal wounds, releases their intestines... One turn of his snout is enough to kill a careless hunter who decides to come too close to him and somehow make a mistake..."
The danger of hunting a boar is also reflected in a treasure trove of folk wisdom - in sayings, for example, one of them says: “If you are going to hunt a bear, take a straw, wild boar If you go, carry the coffin."
But, still knowing how dangerous this animal can be, you should not fall into a stupor from fear of such game. If you meet such a serious opponent, you need to be very careful and not lose your composure. And of course, you don’t need to move around hecticly, twitch, and you shouldn’t let fear guide your actions.

All appearance wild pig indicates that this animal is adapted for living in dense tangles of forest thickets and reed thickets. The head is large, wedge-shaped (in proportion, it is almost one third of the entire length), a powerful neck and a large body, as if compressed on the sides, enable the animal, when a threat arises, to escape through the forest wilds and rubble, breaking through any thickets with amazing speed .
Boar legs are hardy, short limbs covered with coarse hair. The tail is not too long, reaching approximately to the heel joint, and has a tassel at its end. When a wild boar runs away from danger, its speed can be about 40 km/h, and it will jump four meters in length and one and a half meters in height. And the wild boar is capable of maintaining such a pace, without stopping for a smoke break, at distances of 10 or even 15 km. This animal can quickly and without difficulty swim across water obstacles, even if the river has a high current speed, crosses swamps, and is able to overcome steep slopes.

The wild pig is a natural all-terrain vehicle, only impassable snow reduces its ability to maneuver. Only at the first inattentive glance can a boar be called a heavy and clumsy animal. In reality, it is a fast and playful animal. The boar can make a lightning-fast throw towards or at the enemy at any time. The size of an adult pig is quite significant. The height at the withers can be about 120 cm, and the length of the animal is often more than two meters. Such an animal weighs about three centners, or even more. With all this, it is also a well-armed enemy - the boar has well-developed tusks. They are clearly visible when looking at a wild boar - they do not fit in the oral cavity, and they turn menacingly white on the outside. On the upper jaw, the fangs are blunt and not too long, and at the exit from the gums they bend upward. On the lower jaw of a wild boar they are more serious - these are sharp triangular fangs, and they grow throughout their life and when the boar is already seven years old, their size is already ten centimeters. It must be said that the lower tusks of a boar are always sharply sharpened, they never become dull, the fact is that the upper tusks are closely adjacent to them and act as a grindstone. The lower fangs are a lifesaver for a wild boar - it is a digging stick, an “axe”, and a “knife”, and much more. It is the boar's impressive lower tusks that give another name to adult males - they are often called cleavers.

Female wild pigs also have fangs, although they certainly cannot boast the same size, they do not even protrude. Actually, this makes female wild boars less dangerous than adult loppers.
Boars have a well-developed coat. In winter, each bristle splits at the end, and itself becomes very strong and elongates. These bristles on the back of the animal tangle and create an original mane. In addition, during cold times a dense undercoat grows. The fur of a boar, its part consisting of bristles, is most often dark brown in color, lightened at the ends, maybe with a grayish tint, or even completely white. The undercoat is also brown with an admixture of chestnut color. Wild boars do not differ in the variety of skin colors; they can be brown or brown, almost always in darker shades, the limbs are always darker than the body, they can be completely black. In the summer, the stubble thins out and shortens. The color changes and becomes lighter and moves to the “gray area”; gray or even ashy colors begin to predominate in the color of the skin.
By nature, wild boars are cautious and wary animals, so they usually try to leave when a person approaches. However, when a boar is wounded or very angry from long-term persecution, it can turn all its forces against its pursuer, not caring about the sense of self-preservation. Boars have a remarkably pronounced sense of hearing and smell. But vision is much weaker. But this does not mean that a boar’s vision can be ignored when hunting it. Already from a distance of a hundred or one and a half meters, he can detect even small movements of the hunter and immediately goes in the other direction.

It is very important to properly skin a dead animal. The appearance of the trophy and its assessment depend on this. When skinning, the killed animal is laid on its back and, having pulled back the skin on the belly (near the anus), it is cut with a sharp knife. An incision is made along the midline of the abdomen from the anus to the angle of the lower jaw (to the chin), as well as along the underside of the tail to its end. The knife is inserted under the skin with the tip upward; in this position there is less risk of cutting through the muscular wall of the abdomen. On the front legs, skin incisions are made from the soles along the inner sides to the chest, and on the hind legs - from the soles on the inner sides to the anus, going around it with an incision in front as close as possible (Fig. 66).

Rice. 66. Cuts for skinning

Then the skin is separated from the hind legs to the claws. After this, the terminal phalanges of the fingers are cut so that only the claws remain with the skin (Fig. 67). To make it easier to photograph the skins of small animals (cats, lynx, wolves, etc.), they are hung by their hind legs. Skinning is carried out from the forelimbs in the same way as from the hind limbs.

Rice. 67. Processing the paws of predators

You must remove the skin from the head very carefully so as not to cut through the skin around the ears and eyes. Having reached the ears and exposing their bases, they cut off the ear cartilage near the skull and leave them with the skin. In the eye area, the skin is cut as close as possible to the bones of the skull and the eyeball, so as not to damage the eyelids. When skinning, the animal's mouth is opened and cuts are made along the edge of the mouth from the inside near the teeth, leaving the lips attached to the skin (Fig. 68). After the skin is separated from the carcass, the ear cartilage is removed so that the ear does not lose its shape as it dries. Separating ear skin from cartilage is a difficult operation. The cartilage fuses especially tightly with the skin on the inside of the ear. Great care is needed here to avoid cutting or tearing the skin.

Rice. 68. Cuts along the edge of the mouth

To protect against spoilage, the removed skin is cleaned of meat and fat and covered with a thick layer of salt. For the skin of a lynx and wolf they spend 2–2.5 kg, for the skin of a bear - 5–6 kg. Having rubbed well with salt, the skin is left unfolded for several hours, and then rolled up with the flesh inward, hair outward, tied with rope and stored for 2–3 days. Then the salt is shaken off and the skin is hung in the shade to dry for 2–3 hours.

For long-term storage, after drying, the skin is once again cleaned of any remaining meat and fat, salted a second time and dried. If diaper rash appears on the skin, wipe it with acetic acid.

Only tanned skins are presented at hunting trophy exhibitions. There are many methods of dressing, but we will not recommend them here, since dressing skins at home requires not only knowledge, but also a lot of practical skill.

If the skin of a bear, wolf, lynx or other predatory animals has a high score, the local society of hunters and fishermen can provide practical assistance in organizing its processing at the relevant factories. In exceptional cases, the board of the Russian Hunting and Fishing Union can help.

If, after dressing and complete drying, there are unevenness on the skin or it is dry, then use sandpaper to clean off all the unevenness, and then place the skin for a short time in wet sawdust. Having spread it on the boards with the fur down, pulling it slightly in width and length, straighten the paws, head and nail it along the edges with nails; then they are dried and the edges, perforated with cloves, are carefully trimmed (carefully at an angle, without touching the fur). The fur is combed with a brush. To dry, bear skins can be stretched on a frame made of poles or thick slats.

The finished skin is hemmed with cloth (preferably green) completely and only along the edges of the outline. The edges of the cloth are cut with teeth or other patterns. Then, in accordance with the contour, a linen or other lining is cut out and hemmed to the cloth on the back side of the skin. Between the skin and the lining, it is good to lay batting in the shape of the skin. Metal rings are sewn to the head, tail, and paws at a distance of 30–50 cm from each other to attach the carpet to the wall. You can make a carpet from the skin with a head and an open mouth. However, this work requires a lot of knowledge and experience. If desired, the production of such a carpet can be ordered from a taxidermy workshop.

The next main task of the owner of the trophy is to preserve it so that neither moths nor skin beetles damage the skin. To do this, you need to keep an eye on the skin, shake it off periodically, and dry it in the sun.

The quality of trophies, preservation, and good display appearance largely depend on their processing and presentation. Great importance is attached to the design of the trophy at national and international exhibitions and competitions. Before starting to directly process the hunting trophy, the hunter must take care of it at the hunting site, since very often damage to trophies occurs during their transportation. If the animal carcass cannot be delivered with the trophy without damaging it, then it is best to separate the trophy from the carcass. Usually the skull is separated from the neck after the skin has been removed. In this case, special attention is paid to maintaining the integrity of the occipital parts of the skull. The head of an elk, deer, or roe deer is cut off along a line coinciding with the angle of the jaw bone. To do this, the head is pulled back and the neck muscles around the head are cut at the level of the movable joint of the skull and the first cervical vertebra, then the joint membrane is cut with the end of a knife and the head is separated from the cervical vertebra with a strong jerk. When transporting a boar, the head does not need to be separated from the carcass, but to prevent damage to the tusks, the jaws are tightly tied with a piece of hay placed between them, and the tusks are wrapped in paper.

Proper processing and design make it possible to identify the main advantages of trophies and draw the viewer’s attention to them. Processing and design are not very difficult and are accessible to everyone, but they require great care and attention. The processing and decoration of trophies consists of the following operations: cleaning the skull, boiling, filing, degreasing and bleaching, selecting a stand and mounting.

To process hunting trophies, you must have two sharp knives - one with a long blade, the other with a short one; tweezers, scalpel and scraper for removing the brain. The scraper is made of steel in the form of a spoon, 2x2.5 cm in size and 15–20 cm long; a wooden handle is attached to the end of the scraper. The edges of the scraper must be sharpened.

Cleaning the skull

First, you should clear the skull of meat, which is most convenient to do at the site of cutting the carcass. To do this, use a sharp knife to cut off the largest muscles and remove the eyes and tongue. After liberal salting, the skull can be safely transported for several days, even in hot weather. To repel blow flies, it is a good idea to sprinkle the skull with mothballs. When transporting, it is advisable to place the horns along with the head on hay or straw.

The brain is removed with a scraper, mixing the brain until soft, through the foramen magnum, without expanding it. You can also use a wooden spatula or a wire hook or a stick with cotton wool wound at the end instead of a scraper. Then the skull is washed under a strong stream of water.

There are several methods for final cleaning of the skull, but the simplest and fastest is boiling the skull in water. The only drawback is that bones cleaned in this way, if you do not strictly adhere to the rules, sometimes are not snow-white, but retain a yellowish tint. To prevent the skull from darkening during cooking and to bleach it more easily in the future, it is first placed in running water for 10–20 hours. If the water is not running, it is changed several times. To better bleed the skull, add a 1% solution of table salt to the water.

Boil the skull in a large saucepan or cauldron so that the water constantly covers it completely, but does not reach the horns. To do this, the trophy is tied to two wooden blocks and with the help of this device the depth of immersion is adjusted. It is advisable to wrap the lower third of the horns (rosettes and lower processes) with a rag so that fat and water do not get on the horns.

The skull is never placed in hot water, but rather heated along with the water. After boiling, the fatty foam is constantly removed, adding evaporated water, since the bone protruding from the water turns brown and then does not bleach. It is very good after half an hour of cooking to change the water and start boiling in clean water. When cooking, it is not recommended to add any chemicals (soda, ammonia, washing powder, alkali, etc.).

The duration of boiling the skull is 1.5–3.5 hours, depending on the size, type and age of the animal. Particular care should be taken when processing the skulls of small ungulates, whose bones do not fuse. When boiling such skulls, check every few minutes to see how the meat separates from the bones. When it separates easily, boiling is stopped so as not to destroy the bonds connecting some bones. When the muscles and tendons are cooked to sufficient softness, the skull is immersed in clean water to cool and its cleaning begins. The meat, softened by boiling, is separated with tweezers, and the ligaments fused to the skull are scraped off with a scalpel or knife. Then the skull is cleaned of the remains of the brain and films.

Before boiling the skulls of bovid animals (mountain sheep, goats, antelopes, etc.), it is necessary to remove the horns. To do this, they are immersed in water for one or two days so that it covers the entire horn to the base. The skull can remain above the water. Water soaks (macerates) the connective tissue formations connecting the horns to the bone base of the frontal bones, and they are easily removed from the bone bases. The removed horns must be washed well and dried in the shade, and the skulls must be boiled and cleaned in the usual way. After filing, degreasing and bleaching the skulls, the antlers are placed on bone rods.

Filing the skull

After thoroughly cleaning the skull from meat, ligaments and brain, it is important to skillfully file.

It is best to preserve entire skulls of deer, goats, and sheep. Such a trophy is more valuable, since the age of the animal can always be determined by the wear of the teeth. It is recommended to attach the lower jaw to the trophy with a cord or thin wire.

Sometimes only a small shapeless piece of the frontal bones is left with the horns, and the horns seem to lose their logical connection with the skull. Such horns look on their own, and not as a combat or tournament weapon for a male stag. To avoid this, the nasal, frontal and part of the parietal bones are left with the horns. If the horns are large and massive, then only the base of the skull with teeth is removed. In this case, not only the nasal bones, but also the premaxillary bones and the upper parts of the eye sockets are preserved.

The base of the skull is filed with a surgical or carpenter's saw with fine teeth, outlining the filing line in advance. To do this, the skull is immersed in water so that only those parts that need to be preserved with the horns remain above the water. Having secured it in this position, mark the water level with a pencil, then remove the skull from the water and cut along the line. When cutting, the skull must be wet, otherwise dry bones will crumble easily.

Degreasing and bleaching

No matter how the skull is cleaned, fat remains in the bones, which gives them a yellow color, so the bones must be degreased. The simplest way is to soak the skull for 24 hours in pure gasoline, then immerse it in water and quickly boil it. In this case, fire safety measures are observed especially carefully.

For bleaching, you can use a 30% solution of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2). The skull is immersed in the solution, making sure that it does not get on the horns, keeping it for 15 minutes (no more). A hydrogen peroxide solution of this concentration must be used extremely carefully so as not to damage the skin of your hands or burn your clothes. The bleached skull is washed with water and dried.

The third method of quick whitening is boiling the skull for 5–15 minutes (depending on the size of the skull) in a 25% solution of ammonia (250 cm 3 per 1 liter of water). Make sure that the horns do not touch the water. At the end of boiling, a 33% solution of hydrogen peroxide is applied several times to the hot bones with a brush and, without washing it off, the skull is dried. It is better to work with hydrogen peroxide while wearing rubber gloves.

The fourth method is to cover the washed skull with cotton wool or gauze soaked in a 7–10% solution of hydrogen peroxide with the addition of 5 ml of a 25% ammonia solution per 1 liter of water. Bleaching is carried out for 4–5 hours in a dark place.

Fifth method - the skull is soaked for 1–2 hours in water, then boiled for several minutes, after which it is removed from the water, slightly dried and a 33% solution of hydrogen peroxide is applied to it, mixed until sour cream thick with fine chalk or magnesium powder, placed place it in a dark, damp place for 10–24 hours. Then the skull is washed with water and a brush, and dried in the sun. Make sure that this solution does not get on the horns. After bleaching, light cosmetics of the horns and skull are allowed; light horns can be slightly tinted with a weak solution of potassium permanganate or an infusion of walnut shells; for this, the shells are dipped in hot water and left to infuse for several hours.

You need to tint the horns very carefully, since experts can give a discount for light-colored horns during the evaluation, and remove them from the competition for ineptly tinted ones.

Coating the horns with varnish or other dyes is not permitted, otherwise they will not be allowed to participate in competitions and exhibitions.

Before applying cosmetics, the skull should be tied in a plastic bag. The tips of the deer's antlers can be polished white with fine sandpaper. To add shine, dry horns are brushed with paraffin or stearin dissolved in gasoline. After the solution has dried, the horns are polished to a shine with a shoe brush.

In order to eliminate any roughness on the skull, it is polished with fine sandpaper and wiped with chalk powder dissolved in denatured alcohol. Talc is applied to a cleanly wiped bone and covered with a thin layer of a liquid solution of colorless synthetic varnish, or the bones are wiped with cotton wool soaked in polish. This type of varnishing is usually carried out on the skulls of predatory animals.

Boar tusk processing

To extract the tusks of a boar, a part of the animal’s muzzle is sawed off between the eyes and the tusks, as shown in Figure 69. This piece of the muzzle must be at least three and a half times longer than the visible part of the lower tusks. The sawn-off part is placed in a cauldron with cold water so that it is completely hidden under water. The water is brought to a boil and simmered over low heat for 2–3 hours. After cooking, the jaws with fangs are removed from the cauldron and, without allowing them to cool, the fangs are removed. To avoid getting burns, use mittens or rags. The upper fangs are usually removed easily, but to remove the lower ones, they need to be pulled forward 3–5 cm, and then carefully open the jaw bones from the back so that the fangs come out freely. Then the fangs are placed in a cauldron of hot, oily water until it cools. They should not be left without water and should not be washed with cold water. The fang, cooling in oily water, becomes saturated with fat and acquires a protective layer. After cooling, the nerves are removed from the fangs and the inner surface is wiped with cotton wool, dried in a damp and warm place to avoid cracking.

Rice. 69. Extracting boar tusks

After drying, the fangs are degreased with gasoline. It is recommended to fill the inside of the fangs with BF glue (any) and, after holding it inside for 5–10 s, pour it out, repeating this two or three times at intervals of 30 minutes. Before doing this, the glue is heated in a bowl with warm water so that it pours out more easily. Instead of BF glue, the inside of the fangs can be filled with epoxy resin of the following composition: 80 parts filler and 20 hardener. Instead of glue, the cavities of the fangs can be filled with tweezers with cotton wool soaked in epoxy resin; after 12 hours the glue hardens, giving them greater strength.

To prevent fangs from deteriorating due to changes in humidity, they can be coated with a thin layer of colorless synthetic varnish. Fangs cannot be bleached.

ALEX55555 05-03-2010 20:11

fellow hunters, the jaw of a cleaver is lying there from last year, teach me how to boil the fangs...

Petr...sh 05-03-2010 20:55

I’m not an expert on wild boars at all, more so on tusks.
I know quite well about bear tusks. I’ll tell you that when I took the deer trophy from the master, I saw boar tusks being restored. To the question, what are they cracking? Yes. And very strongly. Everything seems to be correct, everything is done according to science and everything is expensive and the best, but they crack. And they burst, and with a screw, and for everything.
And therefore. It's better to contact a specialist. Or simply fill it with epoxy and push it into place.

I repeat, I am new to this. And my opinion is stupid. (I do this myself, and cover the cracks with auto sealant)

SHULGA 07-03-2010 13:09

I do this: immerse it in water (with a large supply of water) and, over low heat, simmer for several hours. After this, after cooling naturally, I take out the fangs. There are moments when the fangs in the boiled jaw dangle freely, but cannot be removed even with force, then the jaw is carefully destroyed using improvised means (it is convenient to “pinch off” a piece with pliers). You need to be MAXIMUM careful with the edges of the fangs (those in the jaw) - they are very delicate and fragile.
Next, I treat the extracted fangs with a degreaser (you can use good gasoline for lighters) and dry them well NATURALLY. Ready.
Storage: I fill it STEP by STAGE with the oxide (maximum possible liquid consistency), let it harden thoroughly. I treat the outer side very thinly with ordinary superglue (it fills microcracks well and does not shine). I place it on a medallion - I attach it using thin ring straps made of genuine leather. Preservation is ETERNAL, if once every 3-5 years you thinly cover the outside with superglue again. Appearance - NATURAL.

ALEX55555 09-03-2010 10:19

Thank you friends... I boiled it, pulled it out, now according to the recommendations and I think they will go for a medallion...

Bylbash 20-04-2010 19:39

I cook for no more than 30 minutes so as not to become brittle.
They have been hanging in the apartment for 4 years now and have not cracked.
at the dacha everything is also excellent, but there is more humidity there

Sergey outfitter 24-04-2010 03:48

Why, rather than boil it down in 40 minutes so that you can pull it out?

Tracker 10-08-2010 20:27

GREAT TROPHIES! Where did you get it?

Bylbash 12-08-2010 18:09


Why, rather than boil it down in 40 minutes so that you can pull it out?

Believe me!
I put it in water and after 20 minutes I try to press it in and loosen it a little
Sometimes they even go like this
After about 20 minutes I try again and in 90% of cases everything is ok!

I gave Nemansky’s fangs for evaluation and said that the medal, although weak, was there
boiled it in 15-20 minutes

Sergey outfitter 16-08-2010 09:17

All of them, the largest ones, are found exactly in the Far Eastern taiga and mainly around Khabarovsk! Here no one feeds them, so they plow with their fangs to get the tops of the roots! And as you know, clicks grow from this!

Nemansky 16-08-2010 11:08

quote: Originally posted by Bylbash:

I stir it with rotational movements and pull it out.


You didn't say you filled it with white "sanitary" silicone. Looks like this is also an option for cracking.
But enamel, as a rule, with cracks during life, should be covered with special mixtures. Advanced taxidermy workshops have the product.
quote: Originally posted by Sergey outfitter:

Here no one feeds them, so they plow with their fangs to get the tops of the roots! And as you know, clicks grow from this!


Well, it’s not only in the Far East that people don’t get food.
However, the more often a boar has to shovel FROZEN soil, the greater the likelihood that it will break off its tusks.
And the fangs grow on their own, and not at all because they receive a load in the form of ground “silicium” or stones.
It all depends on the physiological characteristics of a particular individual and the grip-lack of minerals.

Nemansky 16-08-2010 11:10

quote: Originally posted by Sergey outfitter:

This one had 31 cm clicks!



Sergey outfitter 17-08-2010 08:10



Is it possible to see these fangs? Or at least look at the trophy sheet? Or a measurement protocol? As a last resort - a photo of the extracted ones against the background of the ruler?


It’s possible, but only in Italy now, Antonio and Alfonso probably have them hanging in the most prominent places!

Sergey outfitter 17-08-2010 08:12

quote: Originally posted by Sergey outfitter:

Is it possible to see these fangs? Or at least look at the trophy sheet? Or a measurement protocol? As a last resort - a photo of the extracted ones against the background of the ruler?


These are the ones immediately taken out of the jaws
http://www.welcome.khv.ru/hunting/WILDBOAR/wildboar%20hunt.JPG

Nemansky 17-08-2010 12:56

Weidmanns Heil 19-08-2010 03:33

Fangs crack from changes in humidity and temperature changes in the room. Therefore, boiled ones and immediately taken out into the air burst especially quickly; it is better for them, as has already been said here, to cool in a saucepan, then wrap them in a rag, paper and in a plastic bag on a shelf. I tried to extract fangs without cooking, using the rotting method. Afterwards they stink a little, and are dirtier than boiled ones, but they crack less, although they still crack. Now I have adapted to protect them with cyanoacrylate glue, as fluid as possible, it is less noticeable than epoxy. Then walk with fine steel wool. Glue like this http://shintop.ru/novokusnetsk/catalog_shop.php?action=item&id=1271300527 or similar. This is cotton wool http://www.sibglazier.ru/catalog.html/prods/tehnologija-nakladnogo-vitrazha/instrumenty-i-aksessuary/regalead/metallicheskaja-vata-20720

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Sergey outfitter 23-09-2010 03:49

quote: Originally posted by Nemansky:

The photo does not show 31 cm. Ordinary ordinary fangs.


Trust me! there are 31, but the fact that they are ordinary, who would argue, all the fangs are the same!

oos 22-02-2011 20:21

Probably off topic, but I couldn’t find a better place. They brought a boar’s head with these tusks (right 35 cm, left 38). The upper canines are underdeveloped. The reason is a hole in the palate (about 3 by 4 cm) right at the base of the upper canines They said the boar is regular, 120 kilograms.



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