I posted back in January about a sweet smelling cape, possibly fermented, and finally got it mounted this past weekend. To my surprise, although it lost some random hair, it looks good, no spots of slippage. It was kept in a plastice bag over a month after it was killed after being processed, on a garage floor with the head still in it. When I opened it up it smelled very sweet, like alcohol fermentation. Anyway I promised I'd let everyone know how it turned out, and it did just fine. I used saftee acid and liqua-tan after rehydrating in a brine for 2 days after it was salt dried.
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Sweet smelling deer cape?
Submitted by Mike Dunbar on 01/02/2003. ( ) 207.230.218.146
I checked the archives, no luck. A customer brought in a deer shot Nov. 24, on Dec. 28. Between this time it was at the processor's and sat in his garage in a plastic bag. I let him know right away that I was not going to guarantee any tanning, its in the contract, etc... Anyway, it smells sweet, like it had fermented. The hair is tight, I fleshed it right away and salted the snot out of it, over and over to try to save it. Right now its hanging to dry and seems fine, the hair is still tight. Its a very big cape/deer and I sure would like to save it for him. Any one have this experience and have any thoughts? Other than the sweet smell, it looks fine at this point.
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Is that as in sickly sweet?
I'm hot......LOL LOL LOL LOL
you taste so good...