I Live in the UK and I have just obtained a deceased barn owl with the legal paperwork to possess it. It's frozen and in excellent condition. I want to have a go at mounting it myself on a barn owl form. I've never tried taxidermy before but I've heard owls are easy to mount. I know I have to skin it, flesh it and preserve it etc. But do I leave the beak on etc... etc. Can anyone tell me what the process is, or where to get the info.
Thanks,
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If taxidermy was that easy everybody would be doing it! Birds of any kind are very hard to mount.. And yes you need to keep the beak.
You need to get a book or video on bird mounting first. I doubt you will find any step by step on here or even in the archives. But it sounds like you are not experienced enough to give it a go without some instrucions to reference as you go.
Do some practicing first. Get some pheasants their a little more apt to not fall apart on you as you try to mount them. Do a few bird mounts first of different kinds starting with something easy like a pheasant. Wouldnt want to ruin something nice like that owl dont rush it.
U didnt happen to buy it off ebay by anychance? lol