Elk Ridge Taxidermy

Home
United States
Colorado Springs, CO
Elk Ridge Taxidermy

Being an avid hunter and fisherman, I know how your trophies should look once completed. Capturing t TROPHY CARE
Treat your cape as good as your trophy's meat.

The cape will spoil just like the meat if not taken care of.
1. With sharp knife, slit hide circling the body behind the shoulder at the midway point of rib cage. Should be at least 8 inches behind shoulder for full cape.
2. Slit skin around legs just above knees (completely around leg).
3. From behind knee slit BACK of leg all the way up to shoulder. Important not to slit in front of leg as this

will show on your shoulder mount.
4. Begin to skin from shoulder to the base of head as shown on diagram 3 below.
5. Once you reach base of skull, cut head from carcass leaving cape attached to skull.
6. Keep entire head cool or frozen to ensure that cape does not spoil. Keep in mind, bacteria will begin to grow as soon as animal is dead and hair quality is directly related to this bacteria being minimized. If you have antelope or small deer that can be placed into freezer, that works well on warm days.
7. Wash blood from cape if at all possible. BIRDS
1. Freeze entire bird....DO NOT gut bird. FISH
1. Wrap entire fish in wet towel and place in freezer. DO NOT gut fish.

08/04/2025

All the way from Georgia to grab nice ram and caribou. Blessed to have such good friends trusting us to preserve memories.

07/31/2025

Lots of African mounts heading home this month. Starting with Impala and Nyala.

07/28/2025

Muskox heading home with Brett. Good luck this week chasing that leopard!

07/09/2025

Mallard pair dropping into marsh.

05/10/2025

That’s a biggin’.

05/02/2025

One of my new favorite species to come through shop. This Civet from South Africa looks very much like a raccoon except much bigger.

04/30/2025

Colorado Mountain goat heading home. I can’t draw this tag, but at least we get to mount a bunch.

02/28/2025

Dall Sheep

02/02/2025

Knocking out a bunch of birds this week. Hoodie and Eagle Head dropping into dekes.

09/16/2024

Yoda says it’s Moose Monday for my Dad’s shop. We have been caping lots of good Colorado moose this weekend.

07/05/2024

Elk Ridge Team work. Christian, Keith, Chad and Beagle push themselves to provide top notch work on your trophies. Here we have a South African Sable for a friend of mine, Mike Jennings.

05/20/2024

200 class giant out of Kansas.

Address

10705 S Holmes Road
Colorado Springs, CO
80908

Telephone

(719) 495-3258

Website

http://elkridgetaxidermy.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Elk Ridge Taxidermy posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.