I sent this message on game heads because I am used to doing game heads. I just did a fox for the first time. I had the hide commecially tanned. I was very careful when I skinned it. I understand that heat from my hands can cause slipping. I salted as I was turning the ears and I have turned alot of ears but only a few small mammals. Before I sent the hide off to be tanned the hair was solid, shouldn't it be solid after being tanned? because that is when
the slipping hapened, as I was putting in the ear liners!any help would be great!
Return to Lifesize Mammal Taxidermy Category Menu
Also I have mounted it for practice. It turned out pretty good and I would like to repair the slipped spots.any Ideas? Faux fur maybe?
Thanks.
D,
I would rather mount a fox with dry preserve rather than send it off and have it tanned. Fox's are bad about hair slipage on the ears. When I skin out a fox I apply denatured alcohol to the ears throughout the whole process. This keeps any bacteria from growing and displaces the heat from our hands. When I have a fox to mount I will skin and mount the fox in one day so I wont have to mess with it. Hope this helps. MichelleW
Your best bet is krowtann. It will set the hair on questionable hides.
when ever i am working on wild dog ears (coyotes mostly) as soon as i start messing with the ears i cover them with salt on outside and on cartilage - no problems since i started doing this - i saw this idea on the forum