mule deer cape

My taxidermist called me and said that my big bucks cape is slipping on the shoulders. He said it most likely wont be salvageable. I had to leave him overnight and the side that he died on is the side its slipping (blood pooled there)

He is in full velvet and needs an early season cape. He is an all grey hide.


Anybody have one? I don't know what cost for hides are nowadays.

Thanks!

Good luck finding a early season cape. Especially if it was a big one anything larger than 20 inches at the ears. Check taxidermy.net on the for sale page and you may get lucky. Just prepare yourself they are not cheap. I was lucky to find one a few years back and I paid $250 for a big tanned mule deer cape. I believe it was a 23 inches at the ears.

>Good luck finding a early season
>cape. Especially if it was
>a big one anything larger
>than 20 inches at the
>ears. Check taxidermy.net on the
>for sale page and you
>may get lucky. Just prepare
>yourself they are not cheap.
> I was lucky to
>find one a few years
>back and I paid $250
>for a big tanned mule
>deer cape. I believe it
>was a 23 inches at
>the ears.

Thanks for the reply. I am not too concerned about ear width because his ears need to be replicated from frostbite anyway.

A cape from October would work too. He was all gray not red like early early season. Just putting feelers out.

Thanks

Well u better be concerned about the measurement at the ears. Because if you buy a cape and don't know what the heck your talking about and tell the seller ear measurment is non issue then u may get a 12 inch cape at the ears and your mount will have a pencil neck. The measurement at the ears determines how big or how small your cape is gonna be. The cape is laid out flat and measured across under the ears this determines the size of form the taxidermist needs. I typically see early season capes in the range of 15 to 18 inches at the ears.