At the very end of August, I'm leaving to hunt caribou in Alaska. I'm trying to learn what I must do with the cape in order to ship it home to Pennsylvania for a shoulder mount. I understand that the lips and ears must be "split", but I don't know quite what that means or how it is done. After that, would I need to salt the cape? Any kind of salt in particular? If someone could post a link to a website that describes this, or has a picture tutorial, that would be great!
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I'm going at the same time and I intend to take 4 pounds of regular Morton non-iodized salt (only because it's 2 cents cheaper) per cape. That's enough for two saltings and that should stop the water from dripping. If it's dripping, they won't allow it on the plane. Talk to your taxidermist. He'll (OR she'll) be happy to help you before you screw the pooch.
but shouldn't your outfitter be handling the caping and salting of your trophy?
i'm not saying this to be rude, but I'm sure you're paying lots for this hunt, if the outfitter is really good he should have somebody on hand to take care of this.
My .02
Ted
I'm heading up in Sept. for moose and caribou. I was thinking of taking Stop-Rot with me, and 5 pounds of salt for bou, and 12 pounds for moose. What do y'all think of that? Will the hide dry with the stop-rot?
50lbs of salt. 4 hunters with, 4 moose tags , 1 caribou tag. If we fill our tags I'll need every bit of the 50 lbs.
You could take me along(all expences paid)and I would be glad to do the caping, salting, preparation of antlers. :')
George. I wish I was going hunting with you. It would be fun.