Start your cut at the bottom of the breastbone.
How to field dress a buck for wall mount.
Field dressing a buck.
Now that the skin has been fleshed and tanned the deer head cape is ready to be mounted.
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In this video taxidermy tutorial series a professional taxidermist demonstrates how to prepare a whitetail deer cape for mounting.
Then cut around the anus until all the tissue is loose as you will be pulling it back into the cavity later.
The skin will need the mount that will shape the skin and will require trimming and sewing of the tanned and prepped skin.
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There s more than one way to skin a cat but what about a deer.
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If you are going to mount the buck don t cut past here.
Next lay the deer on its back find its sternum and make a cut from the sternum to the crotch penetrating the deer s hide and membrane but not its guts.
To field dress a deer put on gloves to prevent possible contamination.
Use 6 8 feet of rope to tie one of the animal s legs to a tree to open up the carcass for field dressing.
A small minority of deer hunters get all their skinning and butchering work done at ground level but the rest of us usually opt for a solid meat pole where we can hang our deer tell lies and sip a beverage while meat is made.
Spread the hind legs by propping a branch between them or position the carcass on its back with rocks or logs to keep it in place.