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boneaddict:
If you are doing one with a tail (pheasant) be careful of that.  It can bend and reshapen but frozen they are REALLY brittle.

Michelle_Nelson:
A "Frost Free" freezer will cause an animal to freezer burn a lot faster.

boneaddict:
Kind of the same physics behind chest versus stand up.  the chest hold the heavy moisture when you open the lid, the chest when you open it, it all "slides" out onto the floor.  It deydrates or "burns your specimens faster.

Michelle_Nelson:
I use nothing but chest freezers.  I can get more into them.  Usually nothing stays in their long enough to get freezer burned.  I make sure I re wrap hides brought into me that are already froven.  For those I freeze I make sure the head is in the inside which prevents freezer burn. 

The worst freezer burn I find is usually on heads that are froven whole and it is normally around the eyes, on the ears and the nose.

I will eventually get a stand up for my already tanned hides. 

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