What not to do when caping a deer.

[wadu1]

Glad to hear you went to ER, my cousin ran a fillet knife though his forarm did not go to ER. After a few day a bad staff infection set in and almost lost lost the arm still has a bad scar. He and his other hunting buddies us a fillet knife to cut the rectom out work good if you know what you are doing.
Keep your powder dry and keep care

[elkaholic]

Never heard of a taxidermist trying to use herself as a example.. : )   get well Michelle- glad to hear you will be ok.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Just keep your body out of harms way and you'll be fine   I was in a hurry and not thinking when I did it. Mich how about you??

Same here.  Got in a hurry and wasn't paying attention to the direction I was cutting.  

I am still not sure how deep it went.  I know it was s new blade and I was putting a good amount of pressure on it when it slipped.  It went in far enough that when I let go of the handle it didn't fall out on it's own.  I had to pull it out.  

Doc said that it had gone in at an angle and that is why it didn't get a gut.   Plus being fat didn't hurt either.
 
I stuck the scaple blade in the top of my finger last year in August.  You can ask ShadowCat about that I was on the phone with him when I did it.  It went in about 1/2 inch and hit bone.  I flushed it out with peroxide and used electrical tape and paper towel as a bandaid.

I was using a #22 blade both times.

[billythekidrock]

I called trying to talk important taxidermy stuff...like what pose I want for my cat...

and all i get is blah blah blah...stabbed myself...booohoooo   hello...stay on point here!

wall pedestal...which head turn position...wtf

 

Yea, I got about the same from her.
"Hey, guess what I did...not supposed to hunt".....

Then later that afternoon she drives right by me while we were hunting.

[Michelle_Nelson]

   You wouldnt have done the same thing BTKR? 

What can I say I wanna kill a deer. 

[billythekidrock]

  You wouldnt have done the same thing BTKR? 

What can I say I wanna kill a deer. 

I woulda done the same in a heartbeat.

So I take it you guys didn't find anything?

[Michelle_Nelson]

I think the kid either missed completely or made a bad shot through the meat of the neck.  He was pretty excitable.

I looked for blood and sign where he claimed the deer was standing when he shot it but didn't see any sign the deer was hit.

[Kain]

You are tougher than me for sure. 

[BLKBEARKLR]

Quit being a sissy all you had to do would have just slapped some stoprot in it and some superglue 

[Kain]

I have seen her sowing skills. probably would have done a better job than the staples yourself.   

[Grizzly95]

Buried a box cutter into my gut last fall, not paying attention to how I was cutting. Not too much pain, but it is still tender. Amazing how little it bled also. I carry super glue for the unexpected stabbings now. Take care of it, I will look for a kevlar for ya

[Track-er]

You are lucky,When I was a kid living in northern California I remember a guy who came into the small town we lived in who stuck what looked like a Bowie knife in his thigh skinnig a deer.

                        Mike

[ICEMAN]

  Oh my gosh!  Is my bear rug and skull going to be OK? Huh? I am really worried now....








Oh yeah...almost forgot...glad you are OK Michelle...

Do they make a full body fillet suit or anything...?

Maybe you could wear one of those? Just an Idea...

[rasbo]

Upon hearing these stories,I did some research done by the AMA on taxidermists.The study showed that taxidermists,while working with dead animals,alone many of the times,suffer greatly from lack of communication with live people or animals!It is found through numerous studies that symptoms start out slow and speed up as this lack of communication with living things proceeds..Symptoms start out with talking to ones self and ramp up when no response is heard.Then they start talking to the animal they are working on.After many attempts to speak with the dead animals,with no results or conversations{Some taxis actually believe they are being talked to by the dead animal,that's another story}.This is when the taxidermist reaches out in way that is harmful to themselves,often times stabbing themselves for attention.This is becoming a fast rising problem with the taxidermist profession,and from the AMA point of view might lead to the need for a friend,be it real or imagined to speak with.So they are finding that if the person brings in an animal to be worked on the client should have a name made up for the animal,like Fred or Wendy any name,so the taxidermist feels like he or she actually has a friend or knows somebody.Its much more personal,says Dr, drew ustuffalot..

[coachcw]

Just another reason exta wieght helps , hope you fell better soon.