Ah, I see. Lol. Mine always wants my capes if I choose to do a European mount, so he has extras for accidents. Someone always cuts up too far, or cuts the throat or something another.
Thank you! Like the avatar!
And I am totally guilty of totally screwing up like that this year. I shot a doe, then the buck the same morning. Neighbor's kid shot a doe, so I volunteered to field dress all as they didn't know how. Two does first, and then the buck. Got into the hairy part of the brisket, and absolutely about shat myself. Called the Taxi, and he said bring it in for evaluation.
He said it was so clean of a cut he could sew it up and nobody would know the difference. Mckrosky knife. Nuff said.
Yeah, I've never even thought about caping to bring an extra one in, even if I didn't plan on using it...still kinda new to the taxidermy game personally, only work I've had done up until 2013 was my first bobcat I called in and killed...fixing to be 4 bucks in a row that I've mounted in some form...I can promise you I never thought 10-15 years ago that I would get close to bucks that look like the last few I've killed, coming from Louisiana, there were whole years I never saw one in range to shoot, buck or doe! I killed my first deer when I was 13-14, a little 4 pt, and did not kill another one until the year after I moved to OK, at the age of 26! Just glad to get to hunt as much as I do out here!
And I second the quality of McCroskey knives, after being around and hunting some with Dave, he is a helluva guy...I do need to get some made by him before the chance is passed!
I've traded capes for discounts on taxidermy work a few times. I kept the cape off the cull 7 point I shot in October and euro-ed the skull. He was a 250+ pound buck with a beautiful cape, and I'm considering using it on a 155" 8 point I euro mounted several years ago.
What are the deer doing in your areas now? With the ice we got and no electricity for several days, I was busy cutting firewood for the wood stove and havent been able to hunt in about a week. Last time I was out the bucks were cruising with their noses down lookin for does. Are they still chasing/rutting in your areas?
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