March 2006 Archives
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• Dermestid Beetles - Temperature question. (3/31/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Sunday, April 2, 2006
• Has any body used billboard advertizing? (3/31/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
• Addmision to Ohio taxidermy convention (3/31/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, April 2, 2006
• Goose Wings (3/31/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, April 3, 2006
• Turning the ears (3/31/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Ear Magic - Revisited (3/31/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, April 3, 2006
• How to make air brush work smoothly (3/31/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, April 1, 2006
• Bobcat troubles (3/30/06)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Saturday, April 1, 2006
• Rate a javelina (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• First trout Rookie needs help (3/30/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Chinchilla skeletonization (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Small mammal limb (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Epoxy Sculpt or All Game (3/30/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, April 1, 2006
• Atificial nose (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 30, 2006
• Hair curling on whitetail mount (3/30/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Help with stopping points (3/30/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Flehman nose position (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 30, 2006
• How much? (3/30/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, April 2, 2006
• Stop Rot (3/30/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Fleshing and tanning a coon (3/29/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 30, 2006
• Help with bullfrogs (3/29/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 30, 2006
• Disposing of carcass (3/29/06)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Saturday, April 1, 2006
• Difference between Krowtan 2000 and Special Whitetail Krowtann (3/29/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Bird and Fish tan (3/28/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Friday, March 31, 2006
• Another Bear Hide question (3/28/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• Bear Hide question (3/28/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Is oiling necessary (3/28/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Fire line (3/28/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Tanning red fox (3/28/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• First time fleshing Coon (3/28/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Slippage ? EZ tan (3/28/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, April 2, 2006
• Whitetail Cape and Finishing closed nose (3/28/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Tanning question (3/28/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, April 2, 2006
• Deer mount cracking (3/28/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• Red fox skin, spliting eyes nose and lips? Help! (3/28/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 30, 2006
• Cape thread (3/28/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• Shark Jaw removal and curing. (3/27/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
• Instructors in Bucks County, PA area (3/27/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Home remedy for mink gland it's everywhere (3/27/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Corsican Sheep (3/27/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Fleshing beavers? (3/27/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• New to taxidermy (3/27/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Base of tail/measurement (3/26/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Thanks RJ! (3/26/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Full mount pelts (3/25/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Need help (3/25/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 26, 2006
• Re-phrase question? (3/25/06)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 26, 2006
• Does anybody use ... (3/25/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 25, 2006
• A nightmare of a mount (3/25/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Please help! (3/24/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 25, 2006
• Getting a texidermy license? MN (3/24/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• Euorpean Boar Skull Problem (3/23/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• What about a ringtail cat? (3/23/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• My first attempt at taxidermy (3/23/06)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 26, 2006
• Alterations (3/23/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 25, 2006
• Taxidermy Techniques circa 1930 (3/23/06)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• How to remove varnish from a skull? (3/23/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• References? (3/23/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2006
• Help please (3/22/06)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• Canvasback eyes (3/22/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• White around Eyes (3/22/06)
  Size: 11K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2006
• Jaw set (3/22/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• How to Attend a Taxidermy Convention! (3/22/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• Shools (CITT) (3/21/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 24, 2006
• Opinions please (3/21/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2006
• What do I have to do (3/21/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• How to Degrease (3/20/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• 17 HMR (3/20/06)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• Has anyone ever tried (3/20/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• My Second Deer (3/20/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• Well here goes my first mount ... (3/20/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• Boiling pickle to dissolve salt (3/20/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• First Deer, Will you take a look? (3/20/06)
  Size: 14K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• Tanning question (3/20/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, April 6, 2006
• Turkey forms - adhesive? (3/19/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
• Blending a noseline (3/19/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• Overspray on eyelashes (3/19/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• Is it possible (3/19/06)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• Would this be of interest? (3/19/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 19, 2006
• Modge podge/glue (3/18/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• Bear ears (3/18/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 18, 2006
• Commercial fur tanners in northeast louisiana (3/18/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, March 20, 2006
• Could you give me your advice on this deer mount? (3/17/06)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 19, 2006
• Roadkill seagull, no experience (3/17/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 18, 2006
• Why not wax (3/17/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 19, 2006
• No answer yet (3/17/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2006
• Insects attacking bird mounts (3/17/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 17, 2006
• First attempt at Bobcat (3/16/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 17, 2006
• Pressure tanner lining (3/16/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Which way best? (3/16/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Friday, March 17, 2006
• What to expect (3/16/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 17, 2006
• Stupid computers, they are not for taxidermists. (3/16/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• DP vs. Tanning (3/16/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 17, 2006
• First bear (3/16/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Couple of questions (3/16/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Interest in taxidermy (3/15/06)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• First 2 mounts (3/15/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
• First Duck questions (3/15/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• First open mouth bobcat (3/15/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 18, 2006
• Pics of deer, what do you think? (3/15/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Better route? (3/15/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Makes nice ears (3/15/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Aggressive pose (3/15/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Does Stop Rot have a shelf life? (3/15/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Black crappie scales (3/14/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 16, 2006
• Skinning otter (3/14/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• DP or borax (3/14/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Adding length to mannikin (3/14/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Duck head (3/14/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Tumbler medium (3/14/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Beginner trying to tan a beaver (3/14/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Magazine (3/14/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Whitetail 1/2 lifesize for mule deer (3/13/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
• TerryR coyote help (3/13/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
• Dumb Question ... (3/13/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
• Taxidermy show (3/13/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 13, 2006
• How do you know ... (3/12/06)
  Size: 14K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
• Sewing coyote rug (3/12/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 13, 2006
• I am looking for blueprints to build a tumbler (3/12/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 13, 2006
• Question about borex (3/12/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
• Open mouth, insert ... jawset! (3/12/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 13, 2006
• Pine slab bases (3/12/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• NC taxidermists, Newton, Hickory, etc. areas (3/12/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• Need instructions on how to embed insects in plastic (3/12/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• Does anyone have? (3/11/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• Skife knife (3/11/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
• Really wet basement ! (3/11/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• Muley vs. Whitetail Mannikins (3/11/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 11, 2006
• Trying first bird; woodcock - please help (3/11/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 11, 2006
• freezer (3/10/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 11, 2006
• Wet Tanning Question (3/10/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• What is the best way to ... (3/10/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 11, 2006
• Cape too big? (3/10/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 10, 2006
• Coon kicked my butt (3/10/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 10, 2006
• Need beaver nose (3/10/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 10, 2006
• Nose paint help (3/9/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, March 10, 2006
• Eye Sets (3/9/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• I looked for raccoon anatomy (3/9/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 12, 2006
• Question please - Squirrel hanger (3/9/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Washing vs. rinsing and the "permanence" of salt (3/9/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• 243 rifle question ? (3/9/06)
  Size: 25K. Last Modified: Friday, March 10, 2006
• Earbutts (3/8/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Bird flesher (3/8/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Table (3/8/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Deer Capes too short? Too old? (3/8/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Mule deer in place of a white tail (3/8/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• What taxidermy supply has the best service ... (3/8/06)
  Size: 13K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Can you use a dryer for a tumbler? (3/8/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• 1st Deer Mount. Is it normal to get brown on the inner ear ? (3/7/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• First Ram Help (3/7/06)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• My practice buck (I hope) (3/7/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Hair Slipping! (3/7/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• One of my practice mounts (3/7/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Mallard head (3/7/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Ears Ears Ears (3/7/06)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Need wiring help (3/7/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• Van Dykes Tumbler wheel slip (3/6/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
• One ounce of baking soda = How many tablespoons? (3/6/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
• Antler Broke Off (Shot in two) (3/6/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• First squirrel (3/6/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• Square footage question (3/6/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
• Promoting your taxidermy ... (3/6/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• This should be in the for sale It's a WT cape or two (3/5/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• Shop Walls (3/5/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• First deer (3/5/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Yote guns ? (3/5/06)
  Size: 14K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
• Hide paste (3/5/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
• How do you thin, turn and split? (3/5/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 5, 2006
• Y cuts and long cuts? (3/4/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 5, 2006
• Creams, immersables, DP every thing else (3/4/06)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
• First turkey (3/4/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 5, 2006
• Lower lip problems (3/4/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Anyone (3/4/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Preserving a red fox tail (3/4/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Rugging hide issues (3/4/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Wanting to know the best way to hang skins on a wall (3/4/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Has any one taken classes with Rick Krane? (3/4/06)
  Size: 12K. Last Modified: Monday, March 6, 2006
• Arkansas license (3/3/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Lacquer Paints For Finishing Whitetail Mounts (3/3/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, March 5, 2006
• Afraid to ask for mink help (3/3/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Fixing the nose of a deer (3/3/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Sawdust size and speices (3/3/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Iowalongbeards (3/3/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Snowshoe hare questions (3/3/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Anyone ever use Cholla wood? (3/3/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• My first poor deer head (3/2/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Search (3/2/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, March 3, 2006
• Blood! Yikes (3/2/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Need some advise (3/2/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Rabbit tanning (3/2/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Paint problem (3/2/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Dermestid Invasion (3/1/06)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Competition kudu mount? (3/1/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• The Epply earliners from McKenzie ... (3/1/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
• Skinning a coon for a mount (3/1/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Just thinning face not entire deer cape (3/1/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
• Squirrel slipping after a year (3/1/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Many Thanks to Lee, Terryr, and Jack F (3/1/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 4, 2006
• Will Smooth Epox work? (3/1/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
• Masceration in a bag? (3/1/06)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 2, 2006
• Reptiles are processed differently than mammals. (3/1/06)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
• Bear Skin Rug Care (3/1/06)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, March 27, 2006
• Alaskan caribou fur treatment (3/1/06)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
• A lot of help for one girl (3/1/06)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Monday, March 13, 2006