Dall sheep caping questions

[FishfinderAK]

Any idea how much that saw weighs? Are you using that blade for skull capping or is the a bone saw option?

 

[deadwolf]

Any idea how much that saw weighs? Are you using that blade for skull capping or is the a bone saw option?

Just weighed mine and it was 7ozs. I use a piece of thin cardboard from a Superfeet box as a makeshift sheath.


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[deadwolf]

This one?

https://www.knivesofalaska.com/Store/wood-saw/wood-saw

That looks like the one, mine says Bone saw on the side, but it looks the same.


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[3/4slam_26]

Get all the flesh off you can and keep it dry!

 

[diamond10x]

When y’all say “turn” or “split” the ears, eyes, and lips how exactly or what exactly does that mean? I’ve caped lots of different heads through the years and just cut as close to the skull as possible with leaving as much lip and eye lid on the cape as possible.

I’ve tried looking up taxidermy videos but no where can I find one that explains exactly what this means or how it’s done, or am I doing it correctly or incorrectly leaving as much lip and eye lid as possible? Anyone have a link to a good video or tutorial?

 

[AK Troutbum]

When y’all say “turn” or “split” the ears, eyes, and lips how exactly or what exactly does that mean? I’ve caped lots of different heads through the years and just cut as close to the skull as possible with leaving as much lip and eye lid on the cape as possible.

I’ve tried looking up taxidermy videos but no where can I find one that explains exactly what this means or how it’s done, or am I doing it correctly or incorrectly leaving as much lip and eye lid as possible? Anyone have a link to a good video or tutorial?

Nothing special with the eye's, just don't bugger them up. When it comes to the ears, you want to turn them, basically just skinning them out and removing the cartilage which turns them inside out when your done (this can be a difficult job to do right and not cut the ears up), the nose is done the same way but is usually easier. Splitting the lips is just that, splitting the lips from the inside of the hide to the edge of the lip (kind of like using a butterfly technique, if that makes any sense).