need help with velvet,and not picture of ELVIS

bayou state fish sticker · 02-20-2005, 09:53 PM

i have and 8pt in velvet that i shot on oct. 1 '02(rare in La)it's
in the freezer wpapped up and frozen solid.

my question is how can i preserve the velvet?

rob1 · 02-21-2005, 04:16 AM

IMO the best thing that you can do is to send it to a freeze dryer and have it freeze dryed, although there are some " Velvet Antler Preservatives " sold by taxidermy suppliers such as McKenzie. Bill Yox may have a better answer to your question.

rost495 · 02-21-2005, 12:28 PM

In a modern frost free freezer and unwrapped ( I know yours isn't) at that amount of time they would be (may be as it is) already freeze dried.

I left a small set in a freezer for about 2 years till I got to mount them. Pulled them out and misted with formaldyhyde to be on the safe side and they are still just fine some 14 years later.

Just used a solution from McKenzie on a friends set but thats only a month old so far. So far so good.

Jeff

one on one · 02-21-2005, 06:40 PM

i have a nice 8pt. mounted in velvet.the taxidermy injected the horns with some chemicals(preservatives)and six years later they still look good, good luck with yours

rost495 · 02-22-2005, 02:35 PM

Injection vs spraying etc.. has somewhat to do with what stage velvet they are in also. FYI

Bill Yox · 02-22-2005, 06:42 PM

Ill just back up what these fellas said. If its a late stage velvet, which Id assume in this case, itll dry down in the freezer, if you can protect it from bug damage later. As a professional, I cant do that for customers, because of the business end, so I either freeze dry the early ones, or inject the late ones with Bruce Rittels products.

bayou state fish sticker · 02-22-2005, 07:03 PM

thanks for all the useful replies

my guess would be that they are late stage

because they've usually have rubbed them clean

by oct. so i think i'll try the formaldyhyde. thanks agian.

BSFS