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April 23, 2015
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So im preparing myself to for the hunting season… and i was thinking about the stop rot products they have out there.. One how good really is it? Seems too good to be true type of deal…
The other actual question is, if its actually great as it seems, would it benefit the cape to use it right when you get it?!
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April 7, 2013
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That is what I did on an antelope hunt. I caped it, stop rotted it and when we got back to camp I salted it and put it in a walk in cooler that a guy puts up for antelope hunters. I also did a coyote on the same hunt, only stop rotted it and no salt as an experiment. After three days of it being folded in stop rot in 90 degree weather, it tanned up fine, even though it had a slight smell and a slight greenish hugh. Stop rot can not hurt, but it could possibly help, so why not? So, yes, I would use it right away as I was caping it out in the field or in the shop.
April 23, 2015
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Awesome. thats pretty interesting. Now, you’re skinning them right away too? Cause we take our deer to a butcher vs us doing it. The only thing we do in the feild is gut them…. Would it still help? or will it make the meat go funny? And which side do you spray that stuff on? And it is stop rot right? Not another product…
Sorry for the rapid questions.. lol
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April 7, 2013
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It is Stop rot. You apply it to the flesh side of the skin, not the hair side so it never touches any meat, just put it on the hide. The antelope was a 2.5 mile hike back to the truck and about an hour and a half to camp and then another hour to the cooler, so we had to act fast in cooling it down. We always hike 3 to 6 miles in and hunt deer in steep temperate rain forest here on the Oregon coast, so we skin and bone our deer and bring out only the meat and head. Sometimes we include the cape if it is an exceptional animal. We also butcher our own meat.
I apply stop rot the ears of foxes, coyotes and bears as soon as I get them (I buy them) and then again when I start the mounting process to both the inside and outside of the ears (gently back brushing it in with a small brush to push it to the skin). I also apply to the nose and eyes. So is this a waste?! (Legit question, not sarcasm).
Vic
April 7, 2013
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My wife took some herbs that was supposed to give her energy. She believed it would and she had more energy. I took them believing they would not help and they didn’t. For her, it wasn’t a waste. For me it was. If Stop Rot doesn’t hurt anything and you believe it is working for whatever reason, which there are many, then I don’t believe it is a waste. I have always got along without it, however, if there is a chance that it improves quality, even if it’s a slight improvement, it seems like it would be worth it. I rarely use it in the shop if I have a fairly fresh cape, but on an iffy cape or on our hike ins, you bet I’ll use it.
I don’t really know if it does any good on fox ears. I had a problem with a fox once where the fur all slipped off of the critter and posted this on another forum. It was suggested there to use the stop rot and I did. I have not had any slipping since but I don’t know if that is the luck of the draw or if it really helps. My thought is as you stated:
TANGLEWOOD said
I have always got along without it, however, if there is a chance that it improves quality, even if it’s a slight improvement, it seems like it would be worth it.
The cost is minimal vs. losing a skin. I don’t do commercial work but if I did, I would have the expense of this built into the mount.
Vic
April 23, 2015
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Thanks for your all your inputs.. I think that from what everyone said, i’ll pack it along when i go out. 😀
Animals should be as beautiful in death as they were in life.
Stop Rot is the best invention in taxidermy in a looooonng time! I use it on everything and I mean everything that comes in, I will give you a little example , I shipped out some frozen raw deer capes and guess what , they were lost and returned to me a week later, I refroze them shipped out again and they came back from the tannery with no slippage , even the one that sat in a butchers cooler for 2 weeks prior to me getting it! The stuff really does work!
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