SPORTSMENS WILDLIFE TAXIDERMY STUDIO

1.    Do.  Get animal in freezer or to taxidermist as soon as possible. Show pictures or wait until mount is done. No riding around for a day. The hide goes bad alot faster than the meat.
2.   Do.   Call if you have any questions, better safe than sorry. During season we try to return calls within a few hours.
   
3.   Do.  learn the proper way to cape a deer from a taxidermist and not your next door neighbor.
4.   Do not.   Drag a deer  if you plan to mount it. Only a couple of feet can cause damage. Use a tarp, cart, or a 4 wheeler. If you have to drag remember the most damage happens on the front shoulders.Leaves are best, rocks will ruin a cape.
5.   Do not.  Cut the front legs of a deer to short. This is the biggest mistake hunters make. It takes a lot more of the hide than you thank to mount a deer.
6.   Do not. Leave Fox,coyote,bobcats etc out of a freezer for more than a few hours.  They need to be frozen whole as soon as possible.
7.   Do not. hang a deer upside down and leave water in chest cavity overnight. A wet hide is going to get damage twice as fast as a dry hide.

     
                           

 Proper way to cape deer. Remember more hide the better.

Front legs need to be cut at least 6 inches down from the body,  or to the elbow.  Your cape will be short if you cut off legs to close to the briskett.