When everyone is in kindergarten, they have you right down what you want to be when you grow up.

You know, most people put astronaut, veterinary, and police officer.

I put I want to be a taxidermist.

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Welcome to episode 88.

This show is all about taxidermy.

So you hunt hard, you score, you find success on a great book, great poll, whatever the animal is.

It's something that you want to keep and cherish and preserve.

Our guest tonight is going to help you learn how to do that as best you can.

Casey Higley is the owner and taxidermist at Wild River Taxidermy.

In this show, he shares his decades of knowledge with us.

He's not only taxidermist, he himself is a Backcountry Hunter who was hunted not only throughout the west, but all over the world.

Casey helps us understand the caping process, Cape care in the field, packing the cape, and so much more in terms of what we need to do before we get to the taxidermist to make our taxidermist happy,

and to enable him to get us the best and result as possible.

We also talk about not only field care and the field processing, but we talk about how you can work with your taxidermist to make your vision become a reality.

We get into some specific topics such as caring for Velvet, which is sure to apply to you early season guys hunting here in the next couple weeks.

No matter what type of hunting you do, taxidermy is probably in your future, and it's helpful in this episode to hear about what's possible and what we as hunters can do to ensure that we can get the best amount possible.

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