what to do with cape?

[buckmster28]

New to taxidermy and have only mounted a few deer. While drying the cape from my buck this year something more than likely one of my dogs chewed off about 3-4 inches of one ear. So my question is what to do, I could throw it away and try and get another but would rather somehow use this one. I thought about either sewing it up and using it as is maybe pinning ears back or using a liner as I normally bondo my ears and trying to airbrush it to look like an ear again. Any thoughts?

 

[huntinfanatic]

some bucks have slits in their ear or part of the end missing from battle wounds. just an idea but u could just make it look like a good battle scar.

 

[nmtaxi]

You can replace the ear.

 

[glass_eye]

Yes, you can replace the ear, but make sure the hair matches. Even deer from the same area will have subtle differences in color, length and thickness.