mounting coyotes with no inner skin along the mouth. I looked in the archives, but couldn't find any related material. I have a coyote that was given to me dry tanned, I am going to rehydrate and mount, but have absolutely nothing to tuck on the mouth. I thought about a good two part epoxy for this area in this case. Do you think that would be sufficiant to hold it for good. I have never had to go this route because I always leave plenty of skin to tuck and cut off excess before mounting. Good advice would be greatly appreciated.
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could do it open mouth and use one of the McKenzie mouth inserts. That way you have the lip on the insert?
I would go with the epoxy. Clean around the mouth well then rub some epoxy around the lip then spread some 1 inch around the forms mouth. Insect pins pressed in all the way may be invisible if you want something more. You may also be able just to sew it shut.
Sew on a lip line!
you can sew a thin piece of scrap buckskin or hide shaving to the hair line.
Hide the stitching in the hair and tuck the piece out of sight like your normal lipskin; use good epoxy!
Mike d has mentioned using the buckskin before(?)
Someone did in the archs, and I thought it was going to be a right pain in the ... but it worked brilliantly for a red deer i had with no lips at all.
someone always has an idea. I think the scrap hide will work if I shave a piece down and attatch then go with the epoxy. Great! Thanks again.