hole in cape

yatesm · 11-17-2008, 04:28 PM

How big of a hole in a cape can be fixed? I was caping out my first big buck doing my first caping job ever and since his neck was so swollen it made the job hard i have three holes in the frong of the neck 2 are the size of a dime and one the size of a quarter.

Tumabuck · 11-17-2008, 06:04 PM

any hole can be sewn, but not all holes can be totally hidden. and the front of the neck is the worst place to try and hide one. IMO.

cakreiner · 11-17-2008, 07:44 PM

I fixed a hole in a cape from a broadhead. The hole was in the white throat patch. It was a pain but it just looked like a scar when I was done. I also just took a deer in with a 12 ga slug that was put in the neck at about 6" from the ear. I will have to cut the hole about 3 times the size of the slug hole to repair it but it is repairable. I am more worried about the shoulder/brisket area blown to bits from the initial shot. I am keeping my fingers crossed the form doesn't have the full of a shoulder and misses this spot. But back to your initial questions those holes should be an easy fix. Good Luck.

mauser06 · 11-17-2008, 09:13 PM

holes also seem to grow through the tanning process.

they aughta beable to be sewn and hidden decently...depends on the taxi, and if you cut/torn out hair as well...

i know i had a coon pelt tanned last winter...22 hole right in the head..hardly noticeable when it was skinned...i rough fleshed it myself...then sent it to a tannery to be finished and tanned...got it back and its visible..could be sewn, but hair pulled for 1/8th of an inch around the hole..probably from it stretching and/or bullet damage...

for future reference, when your skinning, you wanna use your knife as littttttttle as possible. neck of a deer you shouldnt had a knife in your hands at all...just pull the hide from the meat...fleshing is better than holes in the hide....ive learned that lesson...i had a bad habit of using a knife when all i needed to do was pull...i was making it harder than it needed to be and wasting alot of time and cutting alot of hide...

trophy time · 11-18-2008, 10:26 AM

The holes are from skinning, so it is basically hide cuts thatdid not go through and cut the hair, which can be sewn and not show at all.

yatesm · 11-19-2008, 01:30 PM

well thanks for the info guys hopefully i just get a bigger buck and dont have to worrie about this one but i doubt that will happen.