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If I shoot a Caribou or Reindeer in velvet, can the velvet be removed and can I obtain a nice clean rack? Or will it have a trashy effect? | ||
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I have removed the velvet from the antlers of caribou while still in the field on my two caribou hunts. One thing to note is that the antlers will be clean as a whistle when you remove it, and then will be covered blood within hours, as blood continues to seep out of the antlers. You should submerge the rack in water after removing the velvet while you are still in the field. Then, after getting home, do the same until the blood stops seeping out. They will be easier to stain without blood stains. | |||
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. Some taxidermists can work with antlers in velvet. IMO looks great. . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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Tie a rope to your antlers and toss them into a stream or lake. Make sure they are secured and totally submerged. Leave for 24 hours if possible. As mentioned, most if not all of the blood will dissipate and leave them in much better condition. A word of caution: Bears/Wolves are a concern if they are in your area. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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