Hunting Washington Forum
Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: buckfvr29 on June 28, 2014, 01:04:20 PM
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I need some trick to make my bear cape, well, bearable. It's a few years old. It came from the east side, opening morning. Problem is we were there for a 4 day hunt. Temps hit the low 100's during the day. I had it in a cooler and did everything I could to keep it cool, we were just in tents. I made the 30 mile (one way) drive to the nearest gas station every day for ice. It still turned on me. I went ahead and tanned it anyway, some of the tan in a bottle you get from any taxidermy supply store (I know just enough about taxidermy to be dangerous). I hoped that might kill the smell, no go. It is REALLY ripe, rotten smelling. Amazingly enough it's otherwise fine, absolutely no hair loss or slipage at all. It's a cool cape, a cinnamon so I don't want to trash it. It's in the garage now and can no way come into the house the way it is. How the heck can I get rid of the smell without harming the cape. I thought about giving it a bath like you would a dog after a skunk run in. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
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I wouldnt wash it. Try putting it in a bag with a bunch of moth balls for awhile. :dunno:
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Send it in for commercial tan, essentially re-tan it.
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Soak it in cider.
Just kidding. Actually you might try soaking in hot water and dawn. Should help.
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Can you shampoo a hair on hide?
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Did you split turn and salt the hide?
Did you degrease the hide? How?
What Tan did you use?
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Did you split turn and salt the hide?
Did you degrease the hide? How?
What Tan did you use?
What she said^
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Soak it in cider :chuckle:
Yep
Just kidding. Actually you might try soaking in hot water and dawn. Should help.
