Ok, first of all, I did look in the archives but couldn't locate an answer to this problem. I've mounted an early season whitetail and am not happy in the least with the outcome of the ears interior. This mount had those dark brown blotches on the inside of ears and will not cover well. Looks prety bad. Is there anything that will cover it without the bleedthrough? Just trying to make this mount the best possible.
Thanks Guys, Lance
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I suspect the dark brown blotches should be there. Deer ears have dark brown blotches on the skin in nature. I would mabey put a little color to the ear (pink) and call it a day. Just my 2 pennies.
Lance,
Nature has a way of being difficult when it comes to trying to recreate it...so dont! If the 'blothces' are so evident that they are displeasing just lighten them up. I can't think of a single deer that I have seen that has pink ears (I was told once by a very knowledgeable person "Dont paint Deer's ear pink, Deer's ears aint pink"... I got home and the one "wall hanger" I had at the time had PINK EARS...AAAHHHHHGGGGGGG!). I mean no disrespect to you Joe, you've probably been doing this alot longer than I have but just wanted to add another 'angle'.
Good luck in whatever you do.
Actually deer do have pink ears, the ear color changes depending on blood flow. So it can be very pale or bright pink. Ever see your ears change to bright red after coming in from the freezing cold?
I just paint the insides of my ears with Jonas "deer ear" waterbased paint from my airbrush.
Hi,
Give this a try, it might work for you. 1)Thoroughly clean the ear with laquer thinner. 2) Spray ear with a fungicidal sealer of some type. Let it dry, then comb it out. 3) Spray ear with "super Hide" white. Let this dry THOROUGHLY, then comb it out. 4) Spray the ear with "white tail ear light". Make sure the paint is coming out as a very thin mist for this. This a light pink in color so it does not over power the mount but looks pretty good. Let this dry THOROUGHLY then comb it out.
Hope this helps.
Don't have pink ears but live ones do. How do you want your mount to look? Some deer have dark blotches.
Bill,
Please help us out here. I've shot deer in Pa, Mn, Ca, In and Me and for some reason, even after finding them within 30 or so minutes...no or little pink. It seems to me to be more milky white with slight pink undertone. Maybe I see them too post Mortem to tell, or maybe its northern deer? Any help! Painted one tonite..basecoat sealer..brush, flesh...brush, tan/offwhite mix..looks like my reference...I'm not the best judge though....Help!
Same deer can change inside ear color in no time. It's blood flow. There's lots in biological literature pertaining to ear size and climatic conditions as a cooling mechanism. The classic is the Arctic fox vs. desert fox.
The hotter the deer, from thermal heat or exercise, the deeper the pink. Pigment or lack of on the inside of the ear can vary terrifically from individual to individual.
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A dead deer doesn't have any blood pressure. Like any other mammal, shock alone can cause a blood drain from the head.
All deer noses are different too. Color and "shine". Same deer can be wet and shiny, or dry, just like yer dawg. Let's not leave out nodules, or lack of same.
There is a change in winter deer ears that I would be interested in knowing the biochemistry behind. Meaning the plumping up over the cartilage, and what is now contained in the body fluids of the ear that keeps it from getting frost bite? My money is on a chloride structure, but I haven't been able to come up with anyone that knows as to who may have possibly done research in that area.
After raising wt deer for 8 or 9 years I have never see any of my deer have pink ears, unless I put one down. Then the ears turn pink when it's dead. Many taxidermists paint the ears pink because that is what they see after they shoot one. Who ever mentioned above about blood flow, you are correct. Blood flow will give you the color along with the amount of hair the ear has on it alowing light to go through. The way the light hits it can also give you the illusion of another color. Standing by my deer and moving the hair to see the skin inside the ear has always been a redish brown to a brownish rust color. Never pink. Start with a medium fleshy look deep in the ear canal and go darker as you work your way out. You need to do this by building colors and misting it over and over. This way you will get the depth to the ear.