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How to preserve those horns

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Bossman
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Here is a general question that I hope to need help with. Here is the scenario, the first week of bow season your hunting and pile up a nice buck that is still in velvet. How would you go about preserving the horns. I would hate to shoot a good buck in velvet and have the horns dry up and look like crap.

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Iluv2hunt
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Inject them with formaldehyde

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treefarmer
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I had looked that up before and before injecting the antlers with formaldehyde you slit the points of the antlers and hang them upside down to drain the blood.
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davedirt
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I just shoot hard horns....................

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Iluv2hunt
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I didn't finish my reply this morning.. To preserve them correctly, you need to get the head in a freezer ASAP. Then get them to someone who does freeze drying taxidermy and have them done that way. That is the best way to do them correctly

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