i personally mount everything that comes in my shop with
pure dry preservitive. (borax) i do every thing from big bear
to small deer. the stuff is great for my buisness because i have a three day turn-around on everything. i have found that rough fleshing is only nessary for large chunks of meat and fat. i do not remove all the meat! if it is half inch or less it will dry just fine, with no problems what-so-ever. my customers are tickled pink when i tell them three days max to get their mount back, great advertising tool also.
just my personal opionion, but i will never go back to tanning, what a waste of time. all true taxidermists should really reconsider tanning and start worring about the hunter, and how it feels to wait long periods of time for a waste such as tanning. just my opionion, though.
ed
p.s.
i also like DP because i get to mount the same deer three or four times a year because the costomer cant stand the smell and the bugs! why mount a deer head only once when you can do it over and over and charge full price every time.
L.O.L
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WOW the thoughts that raced through my mind as I read that post LOL. I have a new best friend in my shop its my auto tanner best money I ever invested. Jack F
D.P Is the way to go..the new & modern way to go
I got a deer head In my basement Ist one I ever
did I use that Bess Maid preservative on It
I still have It..I find It hard to see threw all negative comment
about this stuff..that was 20 yr. ago
about rehydration. I have a tanned deer hide that in one night rehydrated. I mean it was wet. Dp has never done this..I can't imagine how bad it would mold up in just a few days....
I had a few thoughts as well, unreal....?! All the time I'm wasting at the fleshing wheel and salting and pickling and tanning and oiling and....