I always have used a dorsal cut on coyotes and cut under the belly on bobcats....due to shorter hair on a bobcat. I've always just been afraid of not being able to hide the seam on a bobcat. Which cut do the rest of you use on a bobcat and if you use a dorsal cut; which I'd rather use, have you been successful hiding the seam?
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If its to be a wall mount, I cut on the wall side. One of those just in case, use a lot of hide paste be sure to get it in the seam area after sewing, place a quanity in the belly, sew the back up and work it up the cat ond in the seam, work seam one final time.
It worked fine.Just make sure they hide is thin.I sewed it up with dental floss and it worked out fine.I wouldn't cut it right down the back though but off the top of the back a few inches.More of a cut on the side up high.
If there is a secret, try this. AS YOU CUT, take a fine magic marker and mark both sides of the "V" in your cut periodically. No more than one inch apart. When you begin to sew, take 2 inch masking tape and stand it inside the incision. Drag the stick side to one side and "capture" all the hair on that side. Repeat on the other. Now you can easily make fine stitches and be sure that your hide is exactly aligned so you don't end up with gaps or puckers.
Hi Larry, I like George's idea on sewing. I use the dorsal cut alot and have very little problems hiding the seam. If you really want to get brave and on a short hair animal it works really great, do the animal with a cased incision. Its more work but has excellant results.Good luck.
I'd have to see that to believe it.That does'nt seem physically possible.I assume you cut the front legs off the form and re-attach(glue)after mounting?(which I do on occasion)Otherwise it dont seem physically possible.Ventral only for me,bobcats or foxes.
They have a new form advertised JUST FOR that cased incision. I do MANY animals cased. You simply cut the legs off the forms in wedges and mount them first, Push the main body through, nail the wedges in place and complete the job. I HATE sewing and this makes me look like I'm good at it. P.S. The new form I mentioned has square pegged protrusions on the form and square holes in the legs to lock them in position. And I try to always case squirrels, raccoons,otters, foxes AND BOBCATS when possible.
I find it easier to hide a belly seam than a seam up the back of the legs,and a lot less sewing.And I promise you,you dont hate sewing as much as I do! LOL.
Hi Larry, Try it, you might like it. Thanks for the reply George. I think it is Ozark Woods doing the pegged form, but any form can easily be done that way as long as you leave the rods out of the front legs when ordering. Bye.
form as Van Dykes sells called the Divide and Conquer Series? Sounds like what you are talking about and that is the bobcat form I used on my last mount and it was nice to slip the legs in then the head and screw together and sew.It went together really quick.