Having never dealt with velvet antlers on caribou before.........any tips or good info on stripping off the velvet and skin membrane and how do you get rid of the blood in side the antler...these were just killed a week ago........
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The best way is to submerge them in a pond and let the elements clean them. It will go a lot faster if you take as much velvet off as you can. An experienced taxidermist I know actually ties all of his racks in the lakes up north during his hunts. then when it is time to leave his racks are DONE!
Has mentioned before a big rubber maid tub works good. Fill with water and to help I run a knife down the middle of the beams to aid the water to soak under. Let em soak about mtwo to three days then run a knife under the membrane to the tips grab with pliers a strip will only take about 15 minutes to stip each side . Then let air dry. Being in velvet some of the tips will be soft but I put some of the Van Dykes bleaching agent on them and let em sit in the sun. This is to get a uniform color so when dry I stain with maple and a darker stain.