Post by: oldleclercrd on March 13, 2012, 09:25:02 PM
Post by: cedarriver on March 14, 2012, 08:40:30 AM
I've never had an opportunity to do it but if the antlers are still in the growing stage you have to inject them with formaldehyde immediately until you flush all the blood out of them. Hang them upside down and and with a small hole in the tips flush clean. From what I have heard a lot of work with mixed results. There are some safer chemicals out there to inject with but never have used them in this way.
If they are hard horned and pretty much stopped growing there are a couple options. I took two deer in from Montana last year that were both still in the velvet in November, stags. You can have them freeze dried which I've heard is kind of expensive. On these two I left in my freezer for about a year then saturated them with a velvet tan liquid I purchased from one of my supply catalogs.
One other option is to strip the velvet and have artificial velvet put back on. Kind of expensive too, depending on the size, but you don't have to worry about decomposing ever. I have a set of mule deer antlers in the shop now that we had done, they look pretty darn good. Any questions give me a call. Rick
Post by: Kuduman on March 14, 2012, 08:49:37 AM
IMO there is no substitute for freezedrying. The key is not to try to treat the velvet in the field but to protect it from being damaged until being frozen and shipped to a freeze drying facility. the only other service that I have seen that looks great and will outlast actual velvet is the artificial velvet flocking offered by Research mannikin's.
Here is a link to a kit that they sell. I like most people looked at this with some skepticism when i first heard of it but when it's done right there pretty impressive.
http://www.rmi-online.com/product_info.php/products_id/29301
PM me if you need additional information on the freezedryer I use.
Kuduman
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on March 14, 2012, 08:57:34 AM
there are allot of products on the market that will effectively preserve velvet, check your taxidermy supply companies.
IMO there is no substitute for freezedrying. The key is not to try to treat the velvet in the field but to protect it from being damaged until being frozen and shipped to a freeze drying facility. the only other service that I have seen that looks great and will outlast actual velvet is the artificial velvet flocking offered by Research mannikin's.
Here is a link to a kit that they sell. I like most people looked at this with some skepticism when i first heard of it but when it's done right there pretty impressive.
http://www.rmi-online.com/product_info.php/products_id/29301
PM me if you need additional information on the freezedryer I use.
Kuduman
Any pictures of this product after having been applied? Would like to see the finished product.
Post by: summit creek on March 14, 2012, 11:44:03 AM
Post by: oldleclercrd on March 14, 2012, 10:07:33 PM
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 15, 2012, 10:49:09 PM
there are allot of products on the market that will effectively preserve velvet, check your taxidermy supply companies.
IMO there is no substitute for freezedrying. The key is not to try to treat the velvet in the field but to protect it from being damaged until being frozen and shipped to a freeze drying facility. the only other service that I have seen that looks great and will outlast actual velvet is the artificial velvet flocking offered by Research mannikin's.
Here is a link to a kit that they sell. I like most people looked at this with some skepticism when i first heard of it but when it's done right there pretty impressive.
http://www.rmi-online.com/product_info.php/products_id/29301
PM me if you need additional information on the freezedryer I use.
Kuduman
Any pictures of this product after having been applied? Would like to see the finished product.
here is a pic of an axis deer I had it done to for a customer
Post by: throttlejocky20 on March 16, 2012, 10:22:04 AM
Post by: Elkstuffer on March 16, 2012, 05:14:38 PM