I do some taxidermy on the side and here is what I would do. If you just want a tube to hang on the wall then skin and flesh and buy a bottle of Krowtan and follow the directions. Super easy!
Couldn't agree more, I just cant do replica mounts either. Guess I just like to see the original specimen on the wall and imagine that single moment he took his last breath and where and how it all went down.I might have to try and skin one sometime and try it myself. This is too nice of one for practice. Also selling this one and buying s different one doesn't give it the same meaning to me. On my mule deer that I had a head mount done on I ruined the Cape and the taxidermist had to buy a replacement, it looks way different than the original and still bothers me to this day 13 years later.