It’s been a while since I have posted. Life is super busy. It was the end of football season, and I have taken on new responsibilities at work. The latter has resulted also in more longer work days and less time for stuff in general. Hubby is fabulous as always. He has been helping me get ready and pack the car that I can pretty much log off of work, change my clothes and head to the woods. As the days get shorter this is a real help.
In the past months hubby and I have essentially filled our hunting plan for roe deer. And have switched to primarily wild boar hunting. Which is a challenge of it’s own variety. We’ve had some luck and I have successfully harvested 2 wild boar in August and September. The freezer is full of bratwurst at the moment and that is a really good thing. My local friends are always happy with this situation as they like to help me use up those yummy brats.
We have also managed to get our ladders out to the woods that we had built from recovered lumber. We are quite happy with the stands and have been out testing them as time allows.
In the mean time the “buggy bin” as I like to call it is doing quite well. I have fed the colony and let them grow up a bit and they seem to be doing well. I have my second skull currently being processed. The first one took a few days and after which I have washed it well with a scrub brush and some dish soap to remove any grease. I am doing some research on this as well. It seems there are a lot of techniques on removing the grease. Wish there were more resources on the topic.
At any rate the process is super interesting. I have put in bits of meat, or small bones from my harvests, then as they became more effective, I have given them lower jaws and now complete skulls. The beetles are able to clean a roe deer skull in about 3 days. I will share progress as I finish more steps in the processing.
This guy is fresh out of the beetle bin.. still needs some bleaching. But I am really happy with the results
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