For small animals I like the dry preserve, for the reason not having to skive down the face area so much compared to tanning with makes it a little thicker. I just like the way they come out better. The next mountain lion I kill I"m gonna dry preserve it. Restreching a Mt. Lion after tanning is intense. To me it seems like certain area's of the hide just don't stretch back to what they were. The last two I mounted was quite the ordeal as far as lifesize mounts go.

Big game shoulder mounts I prefer tanning but the outcome of the two wasn't much difference in appearance.