Daughters new pets.

[dakids]

The 300 beatles came yesterday.  My daughter loves the TV show Bones and wants to have her own bones.  We are starting with a beaver skull.  The 2nd one will be a beaver skull that has a bullet hole in it.  She also want a full skeleton of several animals.  Here is day 1 of the beaver skull.

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[deadeye]

cool, how long do the beatles last?

[LPS]

Very interesting.  I am looking forward to seeing the progress.

[Boar]

they can be temlermental things. change i  temp. change in eveionment and they can die off. ive heard there not to easy to.maintain on a long term. i could be wrong.

[glenn57]

You usually are!!!!

[dakids]

Hopefully we don't kill them.  The beatles live a couple months.  They will lay eggs and hopefully multiply into a much larger colony.  Big enough to do deer and bear skulls.

[The General]

Cool endeavor Dakids 

[dakids]

Cool endeavor Dakids 

This is for my youngest daughter.  She wants a deer shoulderblade with a bullet hole in it. She also saved a beaver fetus that she wants to do. She loves bones.

[Boar]

it is cool, mine would also dig it. neat hobby, maybe it wil grow into something lifelong..

[HD]

A friend of mine has some of those, and he does European mounts. They sure do a nice job of cleaning up the skulls. 
Nice project!

[glenn57]

Cool endeavor Dakids 

This is for my youngest daughter.  She wants a deer shoulderblade with a bullet hole in it. She also saved a beaver fetus that she wants to do. She loves bones.

is there an orthopedic surgeon in the near future??????????

[dakids]

Cool endeavor Dakids 

This is for my youngest daughter.  She wants a deer shoulderblade with a bullet hole in it. She also saved a beaver fetus that she wants to do. She loves bones.

is there an orthopedic surgeon in the near future??????????

Don't know what she will become but I will encourage her in anything she wants to try.

[dew2]

If she  becomes a psychiatrist I know a guy 57 who could use some prodding
 I have a skull collection that I boxed up and left sit for the last 6-7 years,My defleshing was done in a leaf pile at our driveways end. I always put em out in spring and in 2-3 weeks they were clean. I'd then boil em an bleach, glue teeth in place,Then spray with lacquer.
 Might your daughter be interested in them??I know last I looked the possum teeth needed sorted an glued back in.Got Bear,yote,fox,coon ,possum muskrat UMMM?Mouse,vole and ??I aint looked for 5 years!!

 We are going to start downsizing all our collections and my tools that arent used much.

[dakids]

If she  becomes a psychiatrist I know a guy 57 who could use some prodding
 I have a skull collection that I boxed up and left sit for the last 6-7 years,My defleshing was done in a leaf pile at our driveways end. I always put em out in spring and in 2-3 weeks they were clean. I'd then boil em an bleach, glue teeth in place,Then spray with lacquer.
 Might your daughter be interested in them??I know last I looked the possum teeth needed sorted an glued back in.Got Bear,yote,fox,coon ,possum muskrat UMMM?Mouse,vole and ??I aint looked for 5 years!!

 We are going to start downsizing all our collections and my tools that arent used much.

I asked her and she said emphatically "YES"

[dew2]

If she  becomes a psychiatrist I know a guy 57 who could use some prodding
 I have a skull collection that I boxed up and left sit for the last 6-7 years,My defleshing was done in a leaf pile at our driveways end. I always put em out in spring and in 2-3 weeks they were clean. I'd then boil em an bleach, glue teeth in place,Then spray with lacquer.
 Might your daughter be interested in them??I know last I looked the possum teeth needed sorted an glued back in.Got Bear,yote,fox,coon ,possum muskrat UMMM?Mouse,vole and ??I aint looked for 5 years!!

 We are going to start downsizing all our collections and my tools that arent used much.

I asked her and she said emphatically "YES"

I'm near the Generals home,Where are you? I'll get the box down, photo and post tonight a pic.I was hoping someone would be happy to get em!! An a little girl or boy is just what I hoped for!!! There hers now.

[dakids]

I'm in watertown which is western metro.  No need for pictures.  We thank you for your generous gift.  Speedy or usps if it fits it ships works for me.  Find out the cost and I will send you the money.   No hurry.  I'm heading north for the weekend in a few hours.

[dew2]

I'm in watertown which is western metro.  No need for pictures.  We thank you for your generous gift.  Speedy or usps if it fits it ships works for me.  Find out the cost and I will send you the money.   No hurry.  I'm heading north for the weekend in a few hours.

Well I'll do a pic anyway? I opened this box an found my turkey calls! A box,slate,glass an reed. I know there is another box of about the same or more number of skulls.The one I was working on Opossum is missing and the many teeth were in the bottom of the box,>>(Cabela shoe boxes) Maybe a whitecastle box I got from Glenn an Boar from their trip to white castle,They charged me for the box to cover gas from their trip!!!!!!!

 Maybe a trade for some chantrells??Couple turtle shells to found them out for sheds across the bay.

[dakids]

I'll look for chantrelles tomorrow. 

[glenn57]

not to butt in here but if dakids daughter doesn't want those turtle shells and there still in good shape i'd take them. I make clocks out of the shells!!!!!!!!!

[dakids]

Daughter already has a turtle shell so we don't need them.  The fish were biting and we had a lot of wood to cut and split so we never looked for chantrelles, sorry. 

[dakids]

Thanks Dew.  The skulls are awsome.  We are guessing bear, coyote, 2 racoon, rat and have no clue on the one in the film canister that is tiny.  Here is a picture of my happy daughter with the skulls.  Thanks again and I will send more chantrelle next year.

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[dew2]

 WOW That was fast delivery! I mailed it Fri at 11AM or so,The local PO closes at noon to 1PM I was there before noon!!
 The tiny skull is a Vole; Sure happy to get them to someone who would like to have em! I see yer daughter is older than I thought so the sharp tools in the magnifying glass is no worry! Now if I can find the other box a skulls??

[dakids]

She loves the magnifying lens and screwdriver.

[dew2]

 That 8-9 inches a rain fooled some meadow and horse mushrooms into poppin,course the 65 degree Saturday temps sure helped.Normally I get them in the lot around mid Sept to beginning of Oct. if its a wet late summer. Only a few popped but they taste just like the rooms you,d buy from the store (button rooms) their flaver is a bit stronger nut oh so good! both gettin old new they have pink gills>>Easy to ID then.
 Horse is white and large Left meadows smaller.
 Got a few other strange ones I'll post later all eatable an tasty!

[dakids]

Dew, do you have a book that you use to help identify your mushrooms?

[dew2]

Dew, do you have a book that you use to help identify your mushrooms?

I do have a book but am weary of using it to ID for eating,Thats taking to many chances for me.
 I had a teacher at Prairie woods environment learning center,When I moved here I was labeled as disabled and forced retirement,So I did volunteer stuff there for birds, mammal tracks and photography for youngsters and some parents,Met a guy who was a professor at UofM for plants and knew his rooms.I spent lots a time walking ditches woods an fields,He mostly pointed out poison rooms but also showed eatables.
 Heres 2 I just picked the one on the left is a White correl jelly eatable but a last choice for me kinda bland,The one on the right is a Ruffle  awful tasty but short lived before it turnd to mush

[dakids]

Wow.  I've never seen those before.  What's your favorite shroom?

[dew2]

Wow.  I've never seen those before.  What's your favorite shroom?

In order, Meadow, horse, chanterelle, Morel, beefsteak, Hen a da woods, Sulphur shelf, shaggymane.
Couple others I bet I missed and then the Amanita mascara if I,m in the woods campin and find one or two!! That's when the Yeti finds me!!OFFTA

[dakids]

Forgot to add the finished product.  The bug colony has grown and should be big enough to do deer skulls in a month. 

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