Please explain method.
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I'm not sure why you would. It would take much longer to dry it( my guess would be at least 9 to 18 months) in
a dryer providing you could find one big enough. you probably wouldn't fit much else in the dryer with it, making it extremely expensive. anyone with a dryer that big is doing wholesale work, and
rely on being able to dry dozens of specimens at once. Freeze drying
is really best for small mammals such as fawns, squirrels, juvenile furbearers, birds( grouse or smaller) etc. Its also great for mammals/birds with delicate skins such as snow shoe hares, and doves.
Thanks for the input. I wouldn't do it that way myself. I Just mounted
my first shoulder mount this year. But a friend of mine told me that he had his six pointer mounted this season by a Taxidermist in PA.
And he said that, that Taxidermist uses a Freeze Dry Method on his Whitetail shoulder mounts and by doing this he doesn't cut the hide or have to sew it. Does that sound right to you ? It didn't to me.
Like stated, not saying it couldn't be done, but just whack him off behind the shoulder a bit, pose and freeze. Glue a hunk of plywood to his now-dried viscera and attach a hanger, then voila! I hate sewing as much as anyone here, but I still think it's the more cost-effective route to go. How much would a mount like that cost - $3500 - and who would pay that price? Send them to me, and I'll take the time to do it right then charge them $5,000 because of the extra effort.
In my area that used to freeze dry deerheads. No bull crap... I have taken a couple apart and sure enough, it was freeze dried and no bug problems either. Now the neck and shoulders where removed and a form was used. The whole head was left in. There was a 1/4" hole in the forhead where they must have used a rod to secure the skull to the form. The ears where incredable. The nose interior was unremarkable. I really hated to take them apart for the racks , but that was what the customer wanted. Oh, and by the way these mounts where mounted in the early 70's.