Moose VS. Bison

[Jolt]

To those of you that have mounted BOTH - which are harder to flesh?  Fleshing moose is not my favorite thing, (they mount really nice though..)  I have a Bison coming in this weekend.  Just trying to gear myself up - will it be "worse" than a moose?  I am suspecting the answer will be yes....

[Lone Wolf AK]

Bison have some really thick areas, and the hide/cape is heavy.  Take some Motrin before you start 

[Hoytman]

I think the lips, nose and face in general is easier on a bison.. Turning the lips, nose and splitting them big ol'e nostrils and getting everything thinned is a pain and very time consuming on a moose.. Ive doen a few dozen moose but have only messed with 1 Bison.. I found the bison much easier IMO...

  As for fleshing.. I used my Dakota to thin the general thickness of the hide down on the neck/top of head area.. Works pretty slick..

[siffordstaxidermy]

I think they are about equal.  Like jesse said the nostrils on a moose are a fun job but also fleshing and thinning down the forehead on a buffalo is fun too.  Their foreheads are extremely thick.  Both are fun to mount but I think I like the buffalo more because I dont get them as often.

[timberlandtaxidermy]

To those of you that have mounted BOTH - which are harder to flesh?  Fleshing moose is not my favorite thing, (they mount really nice though..)  I have a Bison coming in this weekend.  Just trying to gear myself up - will it be "worse" than a moose?  I am suspecting the answer will be yes....

I have a lifesize bison coming in this Friday if you want to get some practice!:)
Myself, I'd rather work on a moose.

[urcysk]

moose are much easier to handle, bison are heavy there skin is thick alot of fleshing and thinning and mostly by hand as you will have a hard time dragging it across a flesher

[siffordstaxidermy]

moose are much easier to handle, bison are heavy there skin is thick alot of fleshing and thinning and mostly by hand as you will have a hard time dragging it across a flesher

And usually plum full of kockaburrs

[squid]

i have to say that a bison is a more pain in the butt

[KevinH]

Bison are a pain in the butt. 

[George Roof]

I don't think some of you have ever mounted a friggin swamp donkey.  A moose, hands down.  Bison often to have manure and cockleburrs,but if you lay the hide out and dump hair conditioner on it, let it set, and then pressure wash it, that all cleans out is a wisp.  A BIG bison can be a handful, but a BIG moose still has that damned floppy nose that takes forever to flesh out properly. Then you have those damned big topsail antlers to work around and with.  If you make them detachable, that helps but it's STILL extra work you don't have with a bison.  When faced with a choice, it's bad either way but given that, I'd take 2 bison to one moose any day.

[rnviper3]

I would rather the moose.  Yes the nose is work, but the bisson is so heavy to work with cleaning up.  Mounting is about the same for me.  I have made all my moose antlers detachable. 

[Matt]

I have done several of both and buffalo are really heavy and harder to handle IMO. It doesn't help that the most of the time the hair is matted with everything but the kitchen sink!

[bullwhacker]

I thought this was going to be a rock, scissors, paper thing.....if you're worried charge a lot and send it to a turn key tannery you trust. That's real easy

[AndyO]

....if you're worried charge a lot and send it to a turn key tannery you trust. That's real easy

Best advice unless you hate your back.

[tazzymoto]

Iv'e done several of each, The moose always come in skinned all the buffalo come in with the whole head, some of them weigh 3-400 lbs my back always hurts for a week after i get a buffalo, not so much with the moose