When skinning a deer for a life size mount do I make an extra incision along the neck for the antlers?
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Do you do so when doing a shoulder mount? And why? Would the fact that the rest of the animal is on there this time make a difference? See, youre smarter then you give yourself credit for!
With a shoulder mount you cut across the back of the deer anyway, Im saying if I incisions down the belly and from hoof to hoof do I have to make an extra incision along the neck?
you can make a short incision like on a shouldermount. When you mount your deer you can insert the neck and head through the neck tube like on a shouldermount. Then lay the rest of the skin over the body of the form and taxi the hide in place.
I guess hes not going to use his noggin! Sorry, I evidently cant help you. I wonder if it ever occurred to him WHY he DOES make that incision on the shoulder mount...
I know that I make an incision across the back of the neck on a shoulder mount so that I can more easily free the antlers and because after mounted and hung on a wall the stitch would be on the reverse side of what someone is looking at. I do not however understand how I can free the antlers without making another cut across the back of the neck when making a flat incision.
now I give up too. PL there is more then one way to skin a cat. Like Bill said use your own brain and figure things out. By god it is not that hard. If you can't solve a small problem like that then how are you going to succeed in taxidermy which is filled with problems on a daily basis? I already gave you one answer and if you can't comprehend that one then maybe you need to find a different profession. Sorry to be so blunt but that is the reality.
Perhaps that is why Evelyn said YES, you make an incision, even if only a small one, to remove the antlers. I had hoped, with my answer of asking you, so as to walk you through it, youd think it through yourself, and feel confident in doing so.