Everything Taxidermy and Post-Harvest Do's & Don'ts w/ Travis Weaver | HUNTR Podcast
In this episode of HUNTR Podcast, we bring on our taxidermist Travis Weaver to talk everything taxidermy. Travis is an award winning taxidermist out of Ohio with years of experience under his belt. He's done everything from whitetail deer, small animals, bear, fish, and other wild game. Travis give us a little taste of what the day-to-day life behind taxidermy looks like. What most hunters might nt realize, there's a lot of steps and protocols to follow when it comes to caring for your deer after harvest if you're planning to mount it. Enjoy this episode as Travis shares his wealth of knowledge, tips for you, and the process behind mounting wild game.
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I live in Palmer AK and the girls at the Sally’s here definitely know.
Top three right here favorite podcasts you guys have ever done out of almost 200.
@HUNTRPOD
3 ай бұрын
Thanks dude
@Mossy-back-blacktail
3 ай бұрын
@@HUNTRPOD I really do mean it and I've listened to almost 175 out of the 180 you guys have produced so over 300 plus hours 😂
Travis is the man ! Best taxidermist in ohio hands down.
4 Ziploc baggies Saran wrap and three zip ties per horn and I never had to recolor the last three bucks but it also took me like four or five hours a piece so maybe just sticking the skull in the water and restaining it would be easier😂
I’ve flown the ag drone (T40) yeah they could pick a person up, Mike wants to try to lift out a small doe this year if possible 🤣
Another great on. Lots of great info we can all put to use this season
Just started watching, first podcast I've seen from you guys. on the relation of taxidermy with the younger generation I feel like most of the old fellas decided to drop off once covid hut due to the massively increased costs. However younger generation wise loads of women are getting really into taxidermy as well. Wouldn't say the business is dying would say its as desired as It was in the early 2000s Its just a mildly saturated market with all the upcoming taxidermists but the big established guys have zero issue getting work at all. 👍do a good job and you'll get any hunter paying for it.
@JenaleeKostella
7 ай бұрын
I agree with this! I was pushing 40 when I got into this. It's hard work!
@IttyBittyDeer
7 ай бұрын
@@JenaleeKostella I'm over the sea something I'm super interested in, hoping one of the American chains branch out into the UK at some point. Besides Liquatan and Lutan FN thankfully both work great but ouch that's a tight market! Zero ear liners, basically no one caring about ear butts or ear placement, hardly a wall pedestal form on the market, and our fallow forms being the slimmest summer bucks you can get (and taxidermists rolling with it and not building up forms!!) Cancel Reply
I accidentally put a 2" rage through the neck of a buck in 2017. Ended up being a 4" entrance, and an 8" exit. 😬 He spun as I shot. It's hidden decently well, but you can tell. It makes for a good story, though.
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Hahaha what a hole
@coreylambert5313
10 ай бұрын
@HUNTRTUBE If I could comment a picture, I would. Lol it was nasty.
Love a good releasing of the heat from the meat
Wrap base of antlers with foil yhen electrocal tape. The tape shrinks and tightens creating seal around bottom of antlers
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Nice, we will for sure try that
@rorynelson7548
10 ай бұрын
Find a container just big enough for the skull to fit in. Fill it with peroxide, just typical peroxide from wal mart up to almost touching the base of antlers. Then drape paper towels over top of the skull and around bottom of bases. Let sit for a day and it will be beautiful white.
@rorynelson7548
10 ай бұрын
First simmer head or light rolling boil for an hour in your pot after getting the meat off best you can. 2ith antlers wrapped like I said. Then take to pressure washer right away or it'll be harder to get meat off. Can then use air compressor to blow out the stuff deep inside the nostrils and long screwdriver but typically don't need screwdriver
First time seeing Nick and we saw the right side of his body. What a stud
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
You should see his left side
@tylercagle1486
10 ай бұрын
@@HUNTRPOD sounds hot
I listen to before the echo and they say the same thing about number being down, as well as thp, I think that region of the country had a bad winter and winter kill was high
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Yea they must have
Electrical tape your antlers halfway up the main beams and the G 1's continues. Cut it off when you're finished.
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
That’s going to protect them in a boil?
@chrisgutsie5320
10 ай бұрын
@@HUNTRPOD100% Broth man.
I was in KY last week looking at a farm to buy and between myself my dog and my wife we picked off thousands of seed ticks. Had to use a lint roller to get them off. Must be a KY thing? Ohio County area.
@jameskelly6613
10 ай бұрын
I live not too far from there and I get hundreds on me every time I’m in something over my ankle. It’s crazy, thousands if I go in something over my waist.
@leemartin9579
10 ай бұрын
I live in Missouri, and we get them where I hunt as well. Spraying with something strong is a must early season.
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Man they are freaking bad!
@ryannoel8978
10 ай бұрын
Never dealt with em in middle Illinois
@cmfgates
8 ай бұрын
@@ryannoel8978me neither just when I go south of Effingham.
Really cool to hear about taxidermy in depth on the pod for the first time. I have not shot enough taxidermy worthy game but it was really cool to hear it from a taxidermist perspectives like the do's and don'ts from the time you kill to when you cape out your animal. I knew that hanging your game and letting it go will draw the blood out, but is there also the idea that it can break down enzymes that are in the meat helping the overall taste and preservation of your meat? Is that true?
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Honestly not sure Matt, we need to get a game chef back on
@MattJ25
10 ай бұрын
@@HUNTRPOD yeah I’m not sure either it’s one of those things that some old timer said once and now it’s gospel without having any idea if it’s factually true or not lol
Lol heck yeah bro I'll meet up with you around your family farm and take some of that elk!!! 😋😋🤣 I live about 20 mins north of ya
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Hahaha
Listening to Before the Echo, the guy who lost his vision from eating fresh venison, has me rethinking that practice… toxoplasmosis I lose respect for those who don’t eat what they kill, perhaps it’s more common than I thought, but not the way I was taught, to each his own I suppose. “I just wanna kill it and show off the mount” ☹️
Good show guys hey Jared, what kind of Bino’s were you talking about? I couldn’t understand you.
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
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Is dude missing a finger 😱😱😱
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
Not a taxidermy incident…but a treestand
@melvingreen7733
10 ай бұрын
Did he get that mounted to lol🤣🤣
Everybody's lazy and would rather just pay somebody else to do the craft for them
@HUNTRPOD
10 ай бұрын
The taxidermy craft???
@rorynelson7548
10 ай бұрын
Everything man. Everything
Sharp razor blades from a paint store. Fits in a fanny pack