Is it rude?
12-20-2007, 11:02 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3,763
RE: Is it rude?
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Just go get them........he doesn't need them until the cape is back and he's ready to do the final mounting.
Then just have him give you a call when he's ready and take them back.
Just go get them........he doesn't need them until the cape is back and he's ready to do the final mounting.
Then just have him give you a call when he's ready and take them back.
I got mine so i can have them officially scored. Ill give them back when he is ready for them!
12-20-2007, 11:09 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,858
RE: Is it rude?
How did he get the hide tanned i wonder in that short of time? Hope he did it the right way!
Day 1 - Cape the head, rough flesh, split lips, eyes, nose, turn ears, and place in Krowtann
Days 2-6 - Cape sits in Krowtann
Day 7 - Remove cape from Krowtann, neutralize, final flesh, and mount.
Days 8-22 - Drying time
Day 23 - Finish/paint the mount
The above timeline is if one was dedicating their time to the one mount and using a home-tan. However, most full time taxidermist can't tan the cape and flesh/shave it for what it costs for commercial tannery to do it. Thier time is worth more than that.....so they typically send it out. Bottom line, a mount can be done in 40 days and the cape can be tanned (instead of a dry preserve...which I would never recommend).
12-20-2007, 11:14 AM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Is it rude?
ORIGINAL: zubba
With a turnaround like 40 days, he probably used a home tan (if he tanned at all). For example, there is a tanning solution called Krowtann that thousands of taxidermist use to tan their capes without having to send them out to a commercial tannery. With this method, a taxidermist can kick out mounts fairly quick.....here is an example.....
Day 1 - Cape the head, rough flesh, split lips, eyes, nose, turn ears, and place in Krowtann
Days 2-6 - Cape sits in Krowtann
Day 7 - Remove cape from Krowtann, neutralize, final flesh, and mount.
Days 8-22 - Drying time
Day 23 - Finish/paint the mount
The above timeline is if one was dedicating their time to the one mount and using a home-tan. However, most full time taxidermist can't tan the cape and flesh/shave it for what it costs for commercial tannery to do it. Thier time is worth more than that.....so they typically send it out. Bottom line, a mount can be done in 40 days and the cape can be tanned (instead of a dry preserve...which I would never recommend).
How did he get the hide tanned i wonder in that short of time? Hope he did it the right way!
Day 1 - Cape the head, rough flesh, split lips, eyes, nose, turn ears, and place in Krowtann
Days 2-6 - Cape sits in Krowtann
Day 7 - Remove cape from Krowtann, neutralize, final flesh, and mount.
Days 8-22 - Drying time
Day 23 - Finish/paint the mount
The above timeline is if one was dedicating their time to the one mount and using a home-tan. However, most full time taxidermist can't tan the cape and flesh/shave it for what it costs for commercial tannery to do it. Thier time is worth more than that.....so they typically send it out. Bottom line, a mount can be done in 40 days and the cape can be tanned (instead of a dry preserve...which I would never recommend).
12-20-2007, 12:27 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4,487
RE: Is it rude?
I visit my taxi all the time. He is a good friend, and I get to hold all the antlers I want.
And to answr another ?. He tans his own hides as I guess a lot of them do now. So turn around is not that long. He has a lot of bow deer finished already, and delivered to the customers.
And to answr another ?. He tans his own hides as I guess a lot of them do now. So turn around is not that long. He has a lot of bow deer finished already, and delivered to the customers.
12-20-2007, 12:38 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,102
RE: Is it rude?
Around home I Would keep the antlers until the taxidermist needs them.Out of state it is not practical to do that.There is always this fear that you may never see them again through theft or shipping issues.It is always a sense of relief to have them back in your posession intact.
Instead of sounding like a 12 year old (not there is anything wrong with that) tell your taxidermist that a close relative is very ill and you would like for them to see them before they pass,or you were entered in a buck contest and they have to be measured by their measurer.These examples sound a lot better than just going to visit them!
Of course there is always the ego inflating reason to leave them at the taxidermist so all the other hunters come in and ask "who shot that beast" and you have a legend in the making!
Instead of sounding like a 12 year old (not there is anything wrong with that) tell your taxidermist that a close relative is very ill and you would like for them to see them before they pass,or you were entered in a buck contest and they have to be measured by their measurer.These examples sound a lot better than just going to visit them!
Of course there is always the ego inflating reason to leave them at the taxidermist so all the other hunters come in and ask "who shot that beast" and you have a legend in the making!
12-20-2007, 12:41 PM
#28
Dominant Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: Is it rude?
Instead of sounding like a 12 year old (not there is anything wrong with that) tell your taxidermist that a close relative is very ill and you would like for them to see them before they pass,or you were entered in a buck contest and they have to be measured by their measurer.These examples sound a lot better than just going to visit them!
Of course there is always the ego inflating reason to leave them at the taxidermist so all the other hunters come in and ask "who shot that beast" and you have a legend in the making!
Of course there is always the ego inflating reason to leave them at the taxidermist so all the other hunters come in and ask "who shot that beast" and you have a legend in the making!
I don't think anyone is going to be egotized by him! I go by my taxi's house a few times a month. I WOULD like to get them scored for the NCBA. I might just do that.Thanks, guys.
12-20-2007, 12:57 PM
#29
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 295
RE: Is it rude?
My antlers, my house....
The taxi don't need the antlers till just before they go on. If they are in your house you have some control over them.
Sitting over at the taxi, be a dang shame if something happens to them over there.....year or two ago, a taxidermist around here was broken into and about a half a dozen or so antler sets were taken.....be a shame to lose your permenant memento of that seasons hunt that way. Probably the main reason why my current taxidermist asks you to take your antlers home with you.....
The taxi don't need the antlers till just before they go on. If they are in your house you have some control over them.
Sitting over at the taxi, be a dang shame if something happens to them over there.....year or two ago, a taxidermist around here was broken into and about a half a dozen or so antler sets were taken.....be a shame to lose your permenant memento of that seasons hunt that way. Probably the main reason why my current taxidermist asks you to take your antlers home with you.....
