Even earliners need to be sanded along the edges to show best result. AFTHUNT Active Member.

If you remove ear cartilage in your deer, I hope you have the opportunity to give Whitetail Designer Systems HARD TISSUE TONIC a try.

Wisconsin. Setting a deer replacement nose by D. Price Demonstrating on a Gene Smith Whitetail deer form, D. Price shows the proper techniques in using a replacement nose.

WHITETAIL DESIGNER SYSTEMS, INC. Has made another expansion! I've never removed ear cartilage before in all my deer heads I've have mounted, I've only turned and cleaned the ears. Logged Tanglewood Taxidermy Platinum Member Location: dallas oregon Posts: 4085: Re: Ear cartilage … Removing the cartilage of the ear is critical for creating a thin finished ear when mounting. 10,837 2. Web site services for taxidermists are now available! Keeping the cartilage in keeps the ear skin tougher. I think buying the plastic cartilage earliners is a waste of money.


i plan on using D.P. Matt Active Member. Removing ear cartilage is very easy once you figure out how to do it. 1,333 0. I read something on this and now it has me second guessing my self.... Oct 17, 2007 #2 .

Learn more. Aug 9, 2007 #3 . There's simply no reason to leave the cartilage in a deer ear other than trepidation. If you are going to use earliners, then yes remove it.

On a fresh cape from a young Deer I can turn the ears and remove cartilage in just a few minutes.

Topic: Ear cartilage removal (Read 1994 times) snd Silver Member Posts: 326: Ear cartilage removal « on: December 29, 2015, 08:12:20 PM » Should I remove the ear cartilage when the hide is green /raw?

From above: Conditions that can cause you problems are age of the deer (ears on old bucks can be pretty tough), fly and tick bites, freezer burn, air dried ears, and physical damage such as rips, tears, and holes. Mule Deer are tougher than most any Whitetail though.

There are numerous methods that taxidermists use to remove this cartilage.

on the hide and want to try the ear liner method.

See a sample of a basic site package. Using TruEyes, D. Price demonstrates eye set and how to properly sculpt eyelids out of clay on a Gene Smith Semi-Sneak whitetail deer form.

807 156. i allways leave the cartilage in during the tan.

Setting a deer eye and sculpting eye lids by D. Price. The following is just one of the methods. With deer if you remove it before it goes to the tannery there is a better chance that the ears will be 'blown out' and you'll have more repairs to do. Less than five min per ear. IF, however, you decide to go with the cartilage in, why not cut out thin sheet aluminum and use epoxy (cut a soda can as that's some of the thinnest rigid aluminum). Seguin, TX.

With a little practice ear cartilage can be removed quickly using this procedure.

The cartilage will be fully removed for ear liners, or for the Bondo technique, the remaining pieces of meat will be cleaned off. My question is does anyone else remove the ear cartilage or should it be?
I'm sure you will be pleased at how much faster and easier it will make this step. Aug 9, 2007 #4 .

The older Deer or Deer with messed up ears are going to take a little longer.

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Cauliflower ear is an acquired deformity of the outer ear.It is usually due to blunt trauma to the ear.