Howdy Everyone, I am new to this forum and looking forward to learning a few things and sharing my experiences as well.
I was lucky enough to draw a pretty good NM antelope tag for later this August and plan to hold out for something special. In the event I am lucky enough to harvest a nice buck, I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how to protect or preserve an antelope cape while quartering and caping the animal in the field? I have shot and processed quite a few antelope so far in my day, but I never got one quite nice enough that I wanted to get a shoulder mount and have only done euro mounts to date. My experience thus far is the hair will fall off if you look at it long enough, let alone grab it...Just wondering if anyone had any pointers other than getting it to a taxidermist ASAP?
I was lucky enough to draw a pretty good NM antelope tag for later this August and plan to hold out for something special. In the event I am lucky enough to harvest a nice buck, I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how to protect or preserve an antelope cape while quartering and caping the animal in the field? I have shot and processed quite a few antelope so far in my day, but I never got one quite nice enough that I wanted to get a shoulder mount and have only done euro mounts to date. My experience thus far is the hair will fall off if you look at it long enough, let alone grab it...Just wondering if anyone had any pointers other than getting it to a taxidermist ASAP?
