I'm new to taxidermy ... did my first whitetail mount last year, and it turned out OK ... good enough to hang on the office wall, anyway. I tanned the cape myself, and I really don't want to do that part again.
What is involved in sending a cape off for tanning? I have another buck now, and I'd like to put him on the wall now, but I think I'd like to have someone else tan the cape.
Right now, the cape is salted down, lips/nose/eyes/ears are turned out. Questions:
1. I'm assuming that I can dry the cape, and then send it in a box to the tanner. Any other prep needed?
2. What will the cape return like, i.e. will I need to re-hydrate it or something, or will it be ready to work with?
3. Are there some obvious national/regional choices of tanneries? I'm in Nebraska.
Thanks in advance.
JGH
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That is assuming you fleshed it when you were turning it. Then ship it to the tannery. I do not think reagional choices are important. a tannery you can trust to do a good job is foremost. Yes, Not all tanneries are created equal. I use Sivco Fur in NY Or Carolina fur dressing. I think you can find both on the main page under tanneries. Even when I was In Scott's Bluff I shipped to these places. You can get the hide dry or wet tanned. Dry will require you to re-Hydrate the hide. wet is just what it says. It comes wet. ready to mount.