Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
03-30-2004 | 02:25 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Steuben County, NY
Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
I just picked up my mount from this past bow season and it looks great. The only thing is that it has a peculiar odor to it. You can really notice it when I close the door to the bedroom all day and then come home and open it up and go in. Almost like something died my fiance says. Needless to say it is in the corner of the bedroom (above her side of the bed) across from the other mount I have that doesn't smell.
Is anyone familiar with taxidermy work that would know if it is some kind of preservative or something? What would I use to get rid of this smell without damaging the mount? Thanks
Is anyone familiar with taxidermy work that would know if it is some kind of preservative or something? What would I use to get rid of this smell without damaging the mount? Thanks
03-30-2004 | 02:48 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Cambridge Ohio USA
RE: Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
It's hard to say without smelling it, but if it smells dead, I'd take it back and question it. Fabreze will help, but I'd want to know the source before trying to cover it up. If done properly, there should be no smell, except for tanning oil.
03-30-2004 | 02:57 PM
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From: LOUISVILLE, SLEEPER TROPHY STATE
RE: Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
[:'(]DEFINATELY SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG. I ASSUME YOU PAID AROUND 300 BUCKS SO I WOULD DEFINATELY TAKE IT BACK AND LET THE SHOP TAKE CARE OF IT.
03-30-2004 | 03:05 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Convoy Ohio USA
RE: Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
I agree. I would definitely be taking it back. There is a possibility that it wasn't completely fleshed out right. I don't know but I would be concerned. I have never had any of my mounts smell except a little tanning oil smell and that goes away soon. Good luck and let us know what you find out.
i would take it back and let them look at it....good luck...
03-30-2004 | 07:24 PM
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From: Raven Creek, Pennsylvania
RE: Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)
I don't knwo what the smell might be either, could be bad tanning, letting the hide sit too long while wet, bad fleshing by taxidermist. If your taxidermist fleshed and tanned this hide himself it could be any of these. Im not sure what it could be if the taxidermist had it sent out to be tanned. Id take it back and ask your taxidermist what could be wrong.
03-30-2004 | 08:21 PM
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RE: Got my mount back (with a strange odor?)