THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
see that he does not cut off the head too high up, and so spoil the skin 
for mounting. 
I have sometimes been reduced to eating ibex myself, and have found 
those of the Caucasus and Tian Shan less highly flavoured than the 
Himalayan variety; but an old buck is always very tough, and the use of a 
mincing machine is requisite. 
The goat-like smell clings to ibex heads for years after they have been 
cured and mounted, especially in damp weather; and few except the man 
who shot them will care to inhabit the same room. 
All woolly heads are particularly susceptible to moth, and frequent 
brushing will be found more effective than any amount of insect powder. 
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