A Quick Question About Freezing a Bobcat Before Mounting

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I shot a bobcat last week and need to take him to the taxidermy place but I wont get a chance until the middle of this month. I double bagged him and put him in the freezer for the time being. The question I have is, when I bagged him up I wasn't thinking and didn't make sure all of the air was out so he's in the freezer with air pockets inside the bag. I know that's not good for food, but for 3 weeks will it harm the fur or anything that would affect the mount? Thanks. I can rebag him if neccesary but if it's not an issue I'll let it go.
 
Great, this will be my first mount since a pheasant from 30 years ago. Took some work to get the wife to let me hang something "dead" in the house.
 
Originally Posted By: kelGreat, this will be my first mount since a pheasant from 30 years ago. Took some work to get the wife to let me hang something "dead" in the house.
I had my favorite beagle die in the middle of the winter, she was 11 yrs old, ground was too frozen to bury her, so I had to make a choice, either the dumpster at work, or put her in the freezer
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come spring time my girlfriend was digging around in the freezer, and came into the house and asked what was in the black garbage sack in the freezer,
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........ and thats when the fight started
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she finally came around to my way of thinking and told me she understood why I thought it was better to freeze her then to just discard her in the dumpster, that dog gave me over 10 yrs of pleasure, and I owed her a better ending, then to be tossed in the trash, she's now buried in the back yard, and the only dog I ever made a monument for.
 
I've lost plenty of good dogs over the years, to various reasons, but that female < annie > was the very best all around rabbit dog I have had the pleasure to hunt with, she helped teach every beagle I still have, and plenty of my buddies dogs also, I just got 2 more beagle pups, to hopefully keep my pack going, and I am hopeing that they turn out 1/2 as good as she was.
 
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