preserving velvet on deer antlers?

[joebobhunter4]

ive never realy mounted anything in my life but a friend of mine got a little 4x4 with velvet and i said i could try and mount it... i need it done in less then a week? is this posible? how do you do it...? like do you need any specific formulas to keep the velvet on and all that stuff??? please help asap... if you know how to do it please tell me like all the methods you do and stuff and how long it takes...

[Meyer Wildlife]

You will not be able to do it in a week! Your looking at a week just to preserve the antlers plus you pickle the hide. then you mount and let dry. After 3-4 weeks when mount is dry depending on temp?humidity then you airbrush. one week NO WAY.

[joebobhunter4]

well can you tell me the methods to doing it then?

[Deerman]

Your answer is here -http://www.hidetanning.net/SkullCleaning.html                         Scroll down to the article about cleaning velvet antlers -I did mine this way and it worked great , hope this helps