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I have a garment tanned coyote that I just stuffed with regular old stuffing and he's pretty great for hugging :)
Awesome tip, thanks
Thanks everyone, it means a heck of a lot to get nice comments from people on here. I guess what I really need to work on more is getting the...
I must be crazy, because that looks like a lot more fun to me ;) Thanks for posting that, very interesting!
Ok this is only my second mount and my first fox, so I screwed some things up with my total and complete lack of experience...but overall I like...
I think the main issue would be that the position the form was created for doesn't really translate well into the position you chose to use it for...
Weasels are tough, that's for sure. I think you did a pretty good job on the face - the distance from eyes to nose looks pretty good and the...
Try doing a search at deviantart.com in the photography section - also flickr.com works wonders. Also try searching for the latin name -...
I considered buying a form, but I rather like the idea of making the body myself. I know it's easier and all that to use forms, but I'm doing...
It's been at least 4 years since I decided I wanted to learn taxidermy and I'm only just now getting to the actual mounting part ::) Ok the body...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_XX8u1pXPMOc/RyRjJr0UqaI/AAAAAAAADJc/Uhrk-oTujtE/Howling+Coyote.jpg...
Thank you very much for your reply - I really haven't skinned many foxes so I don't know how lanky they normally are, and considering this one was...
You know I was just looking at floral foam the other day in a store and it felt too dent-able to use... hmm maybe I should have picked it up...
I do know the risks involved with dealing with this critter, but I was extremely careful while skinning it out, didn't cut myself, never let it...
Can you get the carving foam at somewhere like Home Depot or Costco rather than special ordering it from a somewhere like VanDykes? My only issue...
As far as what you'll need - that will depend on exactly what you intend on doing. If all you want to do is succeed at skinning something and...
I'm in the middle of my first real taxidermy project (hopefully) - I'm trying to mount a gray fox. My plan is to wrap the body and either use the...
For the record, I'm learning by myself as well and have been for about 4 years now. If I could have started out mounting things right away I...
Some nice fat old cougars from a zoo - got a lot of different angle shots and some good face ones too [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Zoo pictures [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
