Mounting a deer and dry preservative

I'm interested in getting started in taxidermy.I` have not mounted anything yet but, I did tan a couple of hides that turned out alright.I bought a video off the internet. And the guy on there simply rubbed the perservative into the hide and then mounted a raw deer hide .Is this guy taking a lot of short cuts or is this the way it is done? Can you get a nice ,quality mount this way?

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Look the the archieves and use the search button.

most of use dont think much of DP.

Bobbi

Take a look in the taxidermy industry archieves 10-26-01. dp an old wives tales.

Thanks

Thanks for the old wives tail hint . I reckon those archieves are pretty good for us beginners ! Seems not everyone agrees on this one :)

Thanks for you time,
Bobbi

dp

You can have good results with dp you just have to take proper care make sure you flesh good. I have had luck so far, read up on all methods first and deceied for yourself.

your best bet

Would be to try 'archives"...how did you all use the same wrong spelling? Just looked funny, I guess. Carry on...

Hooked on phonics

well, check out how i spelled old wifes tail ~er tale.

Thanks,

dp works fine

have used dp for years with NO PROBLEMS - have never had the lower mouth of a deer fall off yet - one thing that has really helped is Epo-Grip glues - controls about all of the problems that used to go along with dp

do you think any dp projects go to competion level

bad bad bad lets tan to improve the industry

D.P for deer heads

It depends on your preliminary work the night before,maybe the night before you could paint some tanning cream around the eyes and mouth area.Then next day apply D.P to the deer cape before mounting...a little combination of stuff shoudnt hurt..!