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I have used bondo on bears, but never have tried it on deer. I always remove the cartilage before i salt the cape and all my capes get wet tanned...
Is the epidermis slipping or the hair just falling out? is it in clumps or individual hair? Weer they frozen green or are they tanned? If tanned...
around here its coyote (until they let us shoot wolves) Im sure they are just as bad, but on a larger scale. The worst i got was a coyote from...
Google is your friend. I just looked for "pronghorn antelope pictures" and got a bunch of good ones. [IMG]
I have used bugs and rugs with good results but they are in the west. I have also used a few others with bad results so be careful and look at...
Do you have a normal shop rate charge per hour? If so i would estimate how long it will take to flesh them and go from there. It would take me...
I would think that most competing taxidermists would want to pick out the perfect (fresh) specimen and do the prep work themselves. The only thing...
Soaking the antlers in the water is not good. Do just as rich says and treat them like backstrap (dont eat them at camp though) :) It also...
Whoa...Thats not a good one for your first What does he have to look forward to now ? :) What did it score?
the only way i have been able to do it is with a commercial tan. They smell like saw dust and leather :)
I could see why you want to do your taxes yourself. I too was in that situation I didn't want to pay someone to tell me how much i owe!!! But i...
That is very nice. I do have one question... What do you do with your wet hides while you are altering and fitting them to the forms? This has...
Re: Taxidermist responsibility A little insurance will go a long way. Someone broke into my shop and took every antler i had and even broke skull...
I prefer it when they leave it up to me. Then you are able to put more of an artistic touch to the mount. I usually did a semi upright, turned...
Catman, I must say your cats are the best i have ever seen. Its very encouraging to see such artistically crafted cat mounts.
Re: Mt lion -- using a Leopard form? One more question? I see many cat mounts with the fur laid back almost slick looking. As i look at dead...
