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Just roll it up and keep it cool and dry?
What if you want the hide tanned with the hair on and you are traveling a long distance before you get home. What should I do? I will hopefully be coming from WY back to WA with an Elk hide that I want tanned with the hair on.
What is a reasonable time to get it to your taxidermist? We've always tried to get there by the next day 2 at most, but I know that won't always work. I've had people tell me it can just be frozen, is that true? If so should it be rolled or folded? Game bag or plastic? Thanks for sharing your expertise
skin on skin. Hair on hair. Fold it up and don't roll it tight. That is what I was told to do.
Lol Ricseems like I always get the one customer that misses this post....On a similar note the proper way to bleed your buck is to wait 30 minutes after he is dead. Snap a few memory or bragging Board shots. Using the largest and dullest knife you have start your incision on the hair side just below the ear. Now here's the tricky part. It's important that you use a sawing motion so that the wound appears to be more along the side of a werewolf kill rather than a clean cut. After you complete tis incision you want to hang your deer upside down until at least 5 drops of blood are rendered from this gaping wound...... he's now properly bleed.
Quote from: Kuduman on September 02, 2015, 06:04:37 PMLol Ricseems like I always get the one customer that misses this post....On a similar note the proper way to bleed your buck is to wait 30 minutes after he is dead. Snap a few memory or bragging Board shots. Using the largest and dullest knife you have start your incision on the hair side just below the ear. Now here's the tricky part. It's important that you use a sawing motion so that the wound appears to be more along the side of a werewolf kill rather than a clean cut. After you complete tis incision you want to hang your deer upside down until at least 5 drops of blood are rendered from this gaping wound...... he's now properly bleed. You're killing me Jeff