Say I shot a deer or wild hog, I field dress him quarter him out, and I decide I would like to mount the animal. Can I start caping and fleshing him out or because its been an hour or 1 1/2 later do I need to cool the cape 1st, to prevent bacteria from starting? sorry about the long question....
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i think it is alot faster to skin and cape it out when its still warm,then do the ears,eyes,nose...then rub in salt all over skin,lay it on a incline to a bucket for 12-24 hrs then pickle and use a tan of your chose,theres a ton of option what you can do.you didnt say if you where going to do it or have a taxidermist do it.if you want to learn,get a video from WASCO and hit the orange button a print out a lot of good info...goodluck..have fun
The cape will cool a lot faster if you do it as soon as you can. Decomposition starts as soon as the animal is killed. The faster you do any of the steps to get a cape or hide ready for taxidermy purposes, the better your chances are for sucess.
Joe,
Yours is a timeless question...no pun intended. if you shoot a deer or hog the first thing you should do is get some of that before it goes cold. When you are done, zip up then load your catch across the hood of your pickup the way all rednecks do. Then (and this is the most important part) drive around town slowly honking and waiving at all those that you know. Be sure to pass by the house of the dude that stole your girlfriend! Talk about sweet revenge huh? If your is a big town, by the time you're done with that you'll have a heck of a bar-b-que upon arrival at your trailor home.
Phantom... strikes again