Care of Game

Birds

Look over your birds and select the best bird you have.  Prefeably one that is not chewed up by a dog or shot up to bad.  On smaller game birds one good item to carry is a pair of old nylon stocking.  First put part of a paper towel in the mouth to keep fluids from coming out. Cut off a section and after you clean up the bird the best you can, carefully slide the bird into the stocking, head first.  This will hold the feathers in place and help keep the bird from getting damaged.  If you cannot get the bird to a taxidermist right away, put it in one or two zip-lock bags and carefully squeeze out the air before sealing.  Put the bird into a freezer.  The same process goes for larger birds only take some cardboard that you can roll up and put around the bird and tail to protect the tail.

Game Heads

If you harvested a trophy animal you need to care for the animal right away to keep the skin in good shape to mount.  The best thing to do is skin out the animal as soon as you can to get the skin cooled down.  This will help inhibit bacterial growth.  If you do not know hope to skin the animal to have mounted, contact me prior to going hunting and I will go over that with you.