ok theoretical question for you guys. you get back with your elk cape into camp and all the salt and/or pot ash is gone, and it will be 3 days before you can get to a freezer. it gets very warm during the day and freezing at night. what would you do to prevent the elk cape from slipping. thanks!
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Only kidding, look for a snow peak and start hiking.
id make damn shure i got it to a taxidermist or freezer the same day or the next day. but you might get lucky and it would be fine, but why take the chance?
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having been on many elk hunts where the conditions you describe existed. I always managed to save all the elk capes in my party.
When the temp goes below freezing at night, fold the cape 1 time,flesh side in to prevent drying out, and lay out on a tarp or brush pile. Next morning, roll the cape up, and cover with a sleeping bag to keep cold. Do this each night, and your capes should be ok.
If you have an ice chest, put the cape in it instead of the sleeping bag. Be sure to keep in shade or in your tent during the day.
Hope this helps.
I sell stop rot to some of my outfitters, works great for keeping fresh capes from deterioting even in above freezing weather.
Nick, there is a product called STOP-ROT that was carried on elk hunts before the product was made publically available. Ohio taxidermist Paul Lyles sent it with a couple of his clients when they went on western hunts. Paul also carried it into Canada and used it on black bear that he brought back. That was the first actual field uses I know of, and all went successfully.
Don & Colter Houser of HIP-O TAXIDERMY & HUNTING down in Alpine, Texas, have been sending STOP-ROT out with their clients on remote hunts for some time now. I'm sure Don, as the voice of experience, could and would answer some field care questions for you. His e-mail address is on his website at www.hip-o.net.
Plus, if you're really into researching, the contributors here have put a lot of information on the product in the archives (orange search button). Just enter stop rot.
If you want more information yet, just go to www.hidetanning.net, or the Whitetail Designer Systems website.
now everyone knows how slow I type. LOL!
Hey, good advice is good advice no matter the time it takes to type it out. As good as luck as we've had with your product on Pronghorns during the warm weather it should work really great on Elk in cooler weather.