M. Magis said it all, skin your deer while it is hanging and pull the skin as far as you can over the head and cut the head off. If you can' t stick it in a freezer then get a 5 pound bag of salt lay the skin and head out flat, pour the salt all over the meat where you cut the head off and then rub in as much salt as you can into the inside of the skin, you will be surprised how much salt you can rub into it. Now lay it flat and roll the skin up as tight as you can with the fur side out and get it to a taxidermist ASAP.