i leave my skulls in a small chicken coop caged in outside from critters, them beatles clean the skull within 4 weeks and then i boil the skull and lightly spray white paint on it, then all i have to do is glue the teeth back in. i did this with a coon and possum from last year, my gray fox i kinda forgot about and left for about 4 months but it was bone clean..
i have a turkey skull still drying form this year as well!!