Are you planning on tanning the hides yourself?
Iodine won't necessarily hurt. It may leave little purple stains on the skin, which wouldn't be good on buck skin.
Lay them out flat on an incline and salt them. Make sure you salt all the way to the edges.
Don't roll or fold them yet...
I'm in the business. Things like this can and do happen. It very well could be a mishap. Tags come off get mixed up etc. But his reaction makes me think he knows very well that isn't your animal. I see it all the time.
the best recipe is practice. get to know a local taxidermist and offer to prep skulls and skin/cape animals in exchange for teaching you how to cape an animal. I use a 3 1/4 paring knife by victorinox for caping. the blade on the havalon will work, but i usually end up breaking them. great for...
Where can one find the stats on gun crimes at the national level? I'm curious what the stats were like under the previous ban and how they compare to now.