I tanned it myself. Nothing like pulling a soaking wet moose hide out of the container, and try to slap it onto a form without getting hide paste all over everything, then have the frame that is holding the form and mounted antlers pull out of the counter it is mounted on because of the weight. I sat there and held it ALL until I could pull over a 55 gallon drum filled with traps with my outstretched arm over to stick his nose in it. Basically what it boils down to is there is nothing small about a moose. I was happy it "turned out" ok. I was very disappointed in the ears. Not in their position as that was what I was sort of going for, but it was the first time I used the bondo ear method, and I had a slit or two in the ears and the bondo leaked out into the hair.
There was a ton of shaving to do. That was also a HUGE job. I had never dreamed their hide was so thick. I'll try to get pics of my next moose that I did. I think it turned out way better. It was also a Shiras, but I had to mount it on an alaskan form it was so cottin pickin big. They don't even have the same look. Its like you pulled a moose out of the Yukon and placed him in the North woods of Idaho.
