Some of us were blessed to have known Terry Davis both personally and professionally for many years, while some of us only knew him for a matter of weeks. In May of 2008 he lost his battle with cancer. There are no words to adequately express the grief many of us felt for Terry & his family. For many months we read his “Cancer Blogs”. Through the good times and bad, Terry tried to smile and tried to help. He gave his life, his family, and this industry that he loved so much, everything he could, until he could give no more.
I hope that in some small way, by putting the tutorials that Terry had on his website, here on Taxidermy.net, he will continue to teach, inspire, and watch over all of us. His beloved wife, Maggie, has given her blessing to this project.
I haven’t changed a word of the tutorials. The methods described within are entirely Terry’s. I made the pictures taxi.net friendly, but other than that, this is the exact tutorial Terry had on his website. 
Enjoy, and God bless. L
1) this is the best example of a deer eye I can find - it is at the start of the eye section in the McKenzie catalog - if you make them look like this you cant be far off.........................
2) this is a research manniken - i change the eye angle on all of their deer forms - i have drilled it out with 1 1/4" spade bit
3) front view
4) i set eyes the night b4 i mount with epoxy sculpt
5) fill hole
6) level pupil and stick eye in
7) use a straight edge along side of face - eye should stick out slightly and touch straight edge - notice the small gap between form and straight edge
use a very small amount of clay for bottom lid
9) smooth out
10) again very little clay for top brow
11) top and bottom finished per reference
12) front view
13 & 14) put in crease and your are done - do final adjustments after tucking
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