180” of velvet gold

[AT Hiker]

Great buck. Did you have the velvet freeze dried, or did you inject them? If injected, does that solution stink?

I actually started tanning these TN velvet deer. Think of it as a submerged solution. Actually smells good.

I've yet to get one in that you could inject. All the veins are dried up by end of August it seems.

I've spent a lot of money on freeze dried antlers over the years, tanning them (at this stage in velvet) does just as good as job, if not better.

 

[trains]

Yes, I mounted it.
Unless you don't like it, in that case the hack down the road did it

Yes very well done. Do you taxidermy for anyone or just friends?

 

[AT Hiker]

Yes very well done. Do you taxidermy for anyone or just friends?

Just friends mainly. Although the definition of friends in the taxidermy world is a little bigger than normal social groups.

Kinda like the friend who has a pressure washer

 

[Hduke86]

Just friends mainly. Although the definition of friends in the taxidermy world is a little bigger than normal social groups.

Kinda like the friend who has a pressure washer

I don't shoot big enough deer so I just use a pressure washer on them and toss them on the garage wall

 

[rifle02]

Just friends mainly. Although the definition of friends in the taxidermy world is a little bigger than normal social groups.

Kinda like the friend who has a pressure washer

I will let you borrow my pressure washer if you will do Taxidermy for me! But first of all I have to get a buck worthy of being mounted, that's the hard part.

 

[GreeneGriz]

Neck looks to small for that rack, it's huge!

Because it's early season and he hasn't swelled up yet. He would probably been huge come November.

 

[GreeneGriz]

Hoss!

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Nice buck and nice work.

 

[redblood]

Neck looks to small for that rack, it's huge!

thats one reason why velvet has never appealed to me- it comes with red fur and skinny necks

 

[redblood]

Yes, I mounted it.
Unless you don't like it, in that case the hack down the road did it

you did a great job on the mount for sure

 

[AT Hiker]

Great buck. Did you have the velvet freeze dried, or did you inject them? If injected, does that solution stink?

I forgot to mention a very important step in my preservation method. I leave the antlers exposed in my freezer for a minimum of 6 months.
If someone had one of these newer freezers that suck the air out and keep humidity stupid low, one could almost freeze dry the velvet. Technically, enough time in the freezer, you could freeze dry them.

 

[Specializedjon]

What a buck. Good work bro. Beautiful.

 

[Specializedjon]

I don't shoot big enough deer so I just use a pressure washer on them and toss them on the garage wall

I don't shoot big deer or have a pressure washer......

 

[thirdwilliam]

very nice work. Hunter should be very happy

 

[Dean Parisian]

Excellence on many fronts! Shooter and taxidermist, congratulations!

 

[Fitchj13]

Exceptional buck and nice mount work to top it off.

 

[Coker]

AT,
when did you start mounting the Seek One deer

 

[Gravey]

Great deer and mount looks great too!

 

[BSK]

Good to have the right friends. All are AT Hiker's work.

 

[tbadon]

Good to have the right friends. All are AT Hiker's work.

Super nice deer.