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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

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

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

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

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

Bill Yox

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.

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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