Did I do this right:
I took a tool and I used this tool to take the entire skin off the back of the ear, away from the cartilage. Then I tanned the skin. The ear is turned, correct? The front skin did not want to come off the cartilage. The ear tanned through-and-through and looks and feels just fine for mounting.
I removed the ear butt and cartilage halfway up the ear for flexibility.
I will "mod podge" the texture back in, and paint the color back in. This is my own personal mount, not a client's.
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remove the cartilage AFTER tanning bob m.
So I did it correctly?
The ear cartilage was removed after tanning.
as long as you split them all the way to the end, all the way around. and all the way to the ear canal, not just half way up.
I remove all cartilage before i tan. It comes off very easy and then i know it is tanned. On the average deer i can remove the ear cartilage in about 10 minutes from both ears. It took a little while to figure out the best way to do it but now it is very easy. If you want i can e mail you with directions