The two birds Igot mounted I kept in the freezer wrapped as air tight as I could get it. I did get on both the birds the meat back but I ended upgiving it to my taxidermist for giving a deal on the cost of the mounts. My brother this year is having two full body mounts done and one is with my taxidermist and the other from a guy in southern PA. The guy in PA told him he doesn't give the meat back because of "health reasons". The guys afraidhis customers might get sick so he "supposedly" throws the meat away! I personally think the guy has a freezer full of turkey breast for all the turkeys he mounts.Then again the guy might have a good point about people getting sick if they or himdidn't freeze it right away.