Mounting THIS Velvet Buck! Thinnest Cape Ever!

[@fred7854]

Hey Daniel, that buck turned out beautiful. Never seen one with short hair. I'm use to the northern bucks that has longer hair. You make it look so easy, but after years of doing it, I guess it would be easier. Great job my friend. Hope you're feeling better soon. Take care and be safe.

[@Jay-ui5jk]

Nice job. If I get me a turkey this year I’m gonna attempt my first turkey mount.

[@David73HardCorePa]

Another Awesome job,Daniel!!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

That looked great my friend! That was a tough one but you really pulled it off!

[@johnbowhunter7676]

Great work!… pretty buck!👌

[@douglashubbell80]

great job Daniel looks good

[@chrisbarton7118]

Beautiful velvet Buck !! I actually liked the artificial velvet just as good as natural.

[@stormvet91]

Very nice work brother!

[@MichiganOutdoorsUnlimited]

Man you’re living my dream job! Doing what you love and awesome work!

[@reelcoastal]

Beautiful work!

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Thank you!

[@Markp-r5b]

Very nice looks great

[@budguidry9123]

Nice job

[@curtismerriman9956]

Looks great to me!

[@enocrodriguez3519]

Nice video taxidermy

[@curtismerriman9956]

Make sure you keep copies of your book at the shop. I’ll get one when I see you!

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Yeah man! I have plenty

[@bige1108]

How do u get it to where the muscles and blood vessels show up so good it the face and the neck

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

It has to be really thin. I just keep shaving until the skin will hold a crease when I pinch it

[@patricktibbs9366]

I just can’t seem to figure out how your getting so much detail lol for the most part I use Matt Thomson forms or Ben mears and I’ve recently got a fleshing machine to get my hides thinner but I can get that definition, could it be the forms or maybe something to do with the hid paste I’m using? And I’m working on sc deer so there not crazy thick haired

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

This particular deer was taken on an August rut hunt so the skin and hair is incredibly thin. Also, are you getting Ben Mears forms from him personally out of Mantachie or are you ordering the ones from McKenzie taxidermy supply? I use Pro 1 hide paste, which is the best I’ve ever used.

[@patricktibbs9366]

@@thecedarridgechronicles I’m ordering the forms from Makenzie

[@ashleybrown8488]

Does a thinner cape help show muscle detail?

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Yes it does big time. It is the most important thing you can do to show details

[@ashleybrown8488]

That makes sense, but if they have a thick winter coat like my whitetail does it doesn’t show a lot of detail and aint much you can do.

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

@@ashleybrown8488 that’s right. The longer the hair the less will show, but a thicker cape also shrinks significantly while drying which causes drumming and makes it very hard to show even large muscular detail opposed to a thinner cape

[@AndraGanske]

Hey, I’ve recently started doing taxidermy and I love doing it. But I’ve had a reoccurring problem of my hide pulling away from the eyes and mouth as it drys. Any recommendations?

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

The hide is probably a little too thick. Try thinning it as thin as possible when fleshing, then go back after it is tanned just before mounting and thin it with a scalpel or skiving knife around those areas. The thinner it is, the less it will shrink

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Also, try ordering 1/4 inch shorter nose than what you measure. It will allow the hide to shrink into the form rather than pull against it

[@AndraGanske]

@@thecedarridgechronicles Thanks for your advice, I’ll give it a shot!

[@robertsantiago4329]

I have 2 velvet bucks mounted. By a very well-known taxidermist in my area. And the came out amazing And I had a friend of mine who went to a taxidermis he had the taxidermis talk him into a fake velvet when you put them side by side what a difference. When we put them side by side what a difference when we did that he was totally disappointed that he allowed the Taxidermis to talk him in to that I told him to take the deer head to my guy. He said he couldn't. It was too expensive.

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

Yup. Real velvet is beautiful but a lot of people just can’t afford the difference in price

[@jlbknives5722]

@@thecedarridgechronicles I had a taxidermist years ago do one of my velvet deer I shot when I was a youth hunter boil it to keep the velvet on. At least that’s what he told me it was probably close to 13 years ago now have you ever heard of such a thing?

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

@jlbknives5722 I sure haven’t. Seems like it would fall off

[@dannypettyjohn3284]

A few year back I saw a doe with antlers that was shot on thanksgiving day mounted. The velvet had started peeling off in strips and being a doe it was the ugliest mounts I have seen.

[@dannypettyjohn3284]

The mount was gook just a ugly deer.

[@thecedarridgechronicles]

It looks really weird when a doe has antlers. It sure don’t make them look like a buck.

[@deborrahdutra5599]

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