MuskegMan
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I gotta question for you guys who preserve your velvet horns - especially those who hunt early season, when it's still pretty warm out. I've only done this myself once before and had pretty good luck. I sawed off the horns in the field. When I got back to town, I froze them and order up some velvet preservative through a Taxidery supply shop. I thawed out the horns and tried following the directions. They said to inject the solution with a syringe under the velvet. This didn't work too good. So it just saturated the entire horn mass several time and finally let the whole thing dry out. I know for some animal horns (e.g. Caribou) they just soak the whole thing in a 55 gal drum of the solution.
Anyone tried preserving themselves? One problem I had was with matting of the velvet "hairs." They tended to matt down in areas. I tried a toothbrush to revive them, but not too well. Just looking for any tips from others so when I get a real nice one, I'll have it my technique perfected.
MM
Anyone tried preserving themselves? One problem I had was with matting of the velvet "hairs." They tended to matt down in areas. I tried a toothbrush to revive them, but not too well. Just looking for any tips from others so when I get a real nice one, I'll have it my technique perfected.
MM