SC - Puck's retirement, OOP, OT

[Richard Kappler]

First, I would like to thank everyone for the advice and assistance.

In the interests of domestic tranquility and my own sanity, I have decided 
to pay a taxidermist to tan the hide for me.  I don't have the time to do 
it, and I don't want to make a major mistake. (Besides, it'll be about $40, 
so the guy tells me) Unfortunately, by the time I got there the hide had 
been removed and the deer mostly butchered.  They did do a good job of 
skinning; hardly any flesh on the hide and one hole from the bullet.  I 
couldn't harvest any of the organs (not even the testicles, Ras) or the 
sinew. The hunters gave me all the bones I could carry.  I have the ribcage, 
forelegs, hips and femurs. They seemed quite amazed that anyone would want 
these things, or that they could be used.  (They also acted as if they'd 
never seen a cleaver before.  I got lots of Bone Collector and Jeffrey 
Dahmer quips.) They're going out again this weekend; if they get lucky, I'm 
more than welcome to the hide and bones again.  (Whee!)

On using the bones: I've been told that once the flesh is cleaned off and 
the marrow removed, the bones must be stabilized to keep them from drying 
out too much and becoming brittle.  Is this something I can do myself, or 
should it be left to a professional?

Buried in bones,

Vicente
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