FIELD CARE AND CARE GUIDE                              

                     PLEASE NOTE:

• Always have appropriate tags, licenses, and date and place harvested with your trophies when you take them to your taxidermist. I also require a 50% deposit for all work entering the shop.

• Road kill animals are only legal with a permit from the game warden issued at the site of kill. Contact the NCWRC for more information.

• Snakes, Birds of prey, Songbirds, Alligators ,and Red Wolves are protected by State and Federal Laws and can not be mounted unless with a special State or Federal permit. ( in most cases possession is illegal)

  At my shop I have a skinning shack to remove hides and capes.           

      FIELD DRESSING

      LARGE MAMMAL LIFE SIZE MOUNTS

      SHOULDER MOUNTS 

      SMALL GAME  (Fox, Bobcat, mink, raccoon, etc.)

      BIRDS

      FISH

                            CAPING

Caping, the process of skinning out a trophy animal, is best left to the taxidermist. Their experience skinning, especially the delicate nose, mouth, eyes, and ears is invaluable toward producing a quality mount. Damage to a hide is costly to repair. Some types of damage simply cannot be "fixed" by the taxidermist.

Many trophies are ruined in the first few hours after death. As soon as the animal dies, bacteria begins to attack the carcass. Warm, humid weather accelerates bacteria growth. In remote areas, or areas not near your taxidermist, a competent person may be required to cape out the hide in order to preserve it.

Every taxidermist has a preferred method of caping a hide. Contact your taxidermist prior to your hunt in order to get instructions on their caping requirements. However, the following techniques are generally acceptable.

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