November 2005 Archives
Beginners Taxidermy Message Forum

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• Pheasant Question (11/30/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 2, 2005
• Problem ... How to fix? Over nutralized caribou cape (11/30/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Whitetail eye lashes (11/30/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Taxidermy definitions for us newbies. (11/30/05)
  Size: 11K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Removing dried hide on deer skull (11/30/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Equipment (11/30/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Salted deer hide? (11/30/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• How many skulls would it take to justify a beetle colony ... (11/30/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Question on Hides (11/30/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Old deer skulls (11/30/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Coyote Ears (11/30/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• George (11/29/05)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 4, 2005
• Hide with legs (11/29/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Roadkill ... Illegal? (11/29/05)
  Size: 11K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 4, 2005
• Thawing a duck (11/29/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Will my fish stink or rot? (11/29/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Skull Mount (11/29/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Eye size (11/29/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Tom Sexton Fish Finishing System, paints needed (11/29/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• 1st Airbrush (11/29/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• What do you think? (11/29/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Schooling (11/29/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
• Waterfowl mounting (11/29/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Question about finishing wax (11/28/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Need help on a form size (11/28/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Repoduction antlers how hard (11/28/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Mounting a Hog (11/28/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Fish skin made to leather state (11/28/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Dont want to send out (11/28/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Black Bear (11/28/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Taxidermy Secrets videos (11/28/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Moose Rack (11/28/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Fleshing Beams ... Stain, varnish? (11/27/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Lifesize deer question (11/27/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Clay instead of cotton? (11/27/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Yee Haa (11/27/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Deer feet gun rack? (11/27/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Deer tail? (11/27/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Is 8 weeks enough? (11/27/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 29, 2005
• Fleshing and Shaving question (11/26/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Missed a spot when I salted, is the whole cape ruined? (11/26/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Somewhat Stiff Pheasant (11/26/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Question on redoing a mount (11/26/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Salt or not to salt? (11/26/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Got my first tape, now some questions? (11/26/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Freeze drying (11/26/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• Stubborn deer capes to neutralize (11/26/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2005
• Baboon skull help ... please (11/26/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005
• First time tanning-Bobcat (11/26/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Urgent (11/26/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• I'm a beginner (11/25/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Dehydrated Tough as Leather - Deer Head (11/25/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Pinning Elk Antlers (11/25/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Nose to ear measurement ? (11/25/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, November 25, 2005
• Should I or shouldn't I (11/24/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Too young (11/24/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Is the coyote wrecked (11/24/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 24, 2005
• How do I ? (11/24/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 24, 2005
• How much Lutan F is enough, and going rate for droop Mount (11/23/05)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 24, 2005
• Beginner needs help with measurement (11/23/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 26, 2005
• Bear paws (11/23/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 24, 2005
• Droop forms? (11/23/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Dry cape before salted, can it be saved? (11/23/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Pigeons ... (11/23/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Tannerys in Ohio (11/22/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Fleshing help (11/22/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Need Advice On Cape (11/22/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Beginner with questions regarding skinning (11/22/05)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Beginner needs some help (11/22/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Preservation of baby sharks (11/22/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Refrigerated? (11/22/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Cow elk form (11/22/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
• Beetles for skull cleaning (11/22/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Beginner in need of advice (11/22/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• McKenzie forms (11/21/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Mold in Stop Rot (11/21/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• fabricators question (11/21/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• What Colors of Paint for Whitetail Mounts (11/21/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, November 25, 2005
• MD DNR said I have to get a license to practice ? (11/21/05)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Turkey fan (11/21/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Antler Repair (11/21/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Looking for a good website (11/21/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Dry preservative ? (11/21/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Hey "Crusty" from Alaska (11/21/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Bent pheasant tail feather (11/20/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Salted rabbit hides won't dry (11/20/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 1, 2005
• Intact Deer Spine Cleaning (11/20/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 20, 2005
• Looks Great ... but Stinks! (11/19/05)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
• Help (11/19/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 20, 2005
• Critter tails (11/19/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Reference photos (11/18/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Whitetail shot through skull cap (11/18/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 21, 2005
• Deer skin that needs drying (11/18/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Price per foot on bear rug? (11/18/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Eye colors for WT (11/17/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Beaver Tails (11/17/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Simmering Skull Plates (11/17/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Muskrat needs help. (11/17/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Old trapper face (11/17/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Whitening old skull (11/17/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Change Cape ? (11/17/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• Best way to clean deer skull cap for mounting? (11/17/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• Alum (11/16/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• Begining deer questions (11/16/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
• Fawn skulls (11/16/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
• Auto pressure tanners (11/16/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• Little lips (11/16/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
• A measurement (11/15/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
• How should I start? (11/15/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• 'Boraxing' (11/15/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
• What a night (11/15/05)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
• Help (11/14/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
• Do I Have To Go To A School To Practice Taxidremy (11/14/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
• Video references (11/14/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Whitetail, pinning the face for drying (11/14/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
• Racoon Feet (filling the toes and pad) (11/14/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Skinning for wall hanging (11/14/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
• Rehydrating pronghorn cape (11/14/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Staining caribou antlers (11/14/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Rehydrating Bear heads (11/14/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Keeping fresh deer skin for fleshing practice (11/13/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 19, 2005
• Need catalogs (11/13/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 13, 2005
• Mini-Fleshers (11/13/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 13, 2005
• Repainting Old Fish (11/13/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 13, 2005
• How do you ... (11/12/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 13, 2005
• Help (11/12/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 12, 2005
• Buck Levasseur show (11/12/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 12, 2005
• Possum mount (11/12/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• What in the Hell did I do wrong? (11/11/05)
  Size: 19K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 17, 2005
• Wax? (11/11/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Black Bear rug (11/11/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 13, 2005
• Strengthening weakened bone (11/11/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Will Cape be OK? (11/11/05)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 12, 2005
• What is the difference between Krowtann original (11/9/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 11, 2005
• Christmas gifts for new taxidermist (11/9/05)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 10, 2005
• Bear skin (11/8/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• Not a beginner, but ... (11/8/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• Beginner's Booklets (11/8/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• Dry Preservitive or Tanning (11/8/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• Schools (11/7/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• How do you ... (11/7/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• What goes on a Bird Tag? (11/7/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
• Need info on redoing a bears claws (11/7/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Read directions/Stop Rot (11/7/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 10, 2005
• How long can I leave it (11/7/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Drying deer hides (11/7/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
• Does anyone still use paintbrushes to finish deer? (11/7/05)
  Size: 12K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 10, 2005
• Muskrat fur buyers in WV (11/6/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Don't do this! (11/6/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Plaque shapes? (11/6/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Great horned owl trouble (11/6/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, November 11, 2005
• Need help with airbrushing (11/5/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 6, 2005
• Help on first squirrel (11/5/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
• Re-Creation Taxidermy (11/5/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 5, 2005
• Dead beats (11/4/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Need help (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 5, 2005
• Neutralizing Linseed Oil (11/4/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 6, 2005
• Bears (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Turkey and liquid foam? (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Just starting (11/4/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, November 7, 2005
• Free West Virginia Wildlife Magazines (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Tumbling time (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Scammers Nofeh Mirabel and Gina Benson (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Derma-Grip on eyes (11/4/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Advertising suggestions. (11/3/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 5, 2005
• First grey fox (11/3/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• Looking for tannery Ohio (11/3/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• NY rules, requirements, ect. (11/3/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 5, 2005
• Is it a must to remove cartilage from the ears? (11/3/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2005
• Another Question for George (11/3/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• Thanks, George (11/3/05)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• George Question? (11/3/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• Properly preserving antlers (11/2/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• Pigs from Down Under on Critics' Corner (11/2/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
• Hunter/beginning taxidermist (11/2/05)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 3, 2005
• Help! Husband attempting a European mount (11/1/05)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2005
• Setting up shop (11/1/05)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
• Lifesize Mount Price Help Please? (11/1/05)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
• Thanks, George, Greg, Michael, Jim, Mark, Ed, ... "Help quick" (11/1/05)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
• Borax (11/1/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
• Fox Eyes (11/1/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
• Moose antlers (11/1/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
• Ear Magic (11/1/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
• Getting the beetles out (11/1/05)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 1, 2005