Critique on White-tailed Deer

Right off the bat....when looking at a deer straight on, you should not see skin behind the eyes. I'll let someone else add to this.

 

Adjust the white patch ,the antlers do look to close to the eye , to much clay around the eyes and uneven one eye looks to have more . tuck the mouth more , try to keep your deer level when working on it and taking pictures of it. good job ; Most of all have fun . Also clean your eyes of the clay or glue around the edge ; if thats eye tuck skin retuck.

 

A lot going on here, to much clay in the eyes, eye shape,ear butt shape, nose pad out of alignment. Hair patterns off because of many of the other issue's. Megan slow down pick something to focus on, like work on your eyes using reference. Then work on the ears, then the ear butts etc. use some reference. Doing a mount and then coming here for a critique will not get you where you want to get. Find someone that knows what they are doing and do a workshop. Join your State Association, meet people, find out who will work with you. Like Verne said enjoy and have some fun.

 

Im new at it to only been doing it a little over a year, what these guys say is true work one area at a time and look at pictures. Go to a local show, and look, take pictures, and go to some seminors. Alot of shows have the classes and they are very cheap for all you can learn. When at the shows ask alot of questions. I do and know one has turned me away, in fact they enjoy sharing what they know with you. Its been my experience anyway with my state shows. Join your local organization too, members will be glad to help you and have fun meet new people and make new friends. Good luck too you.

 

Go on the deer and game head section and click on reference. Go through there and find some whitetail pictures, print them out and then hold them up next to you rmount and look at it in sections.
Compare the hair patterns on the nose and you will see that from the front the left side of the nose pad is lower than the right side. The right side is in about the right spot.

Look at the eyes, both have way too much clay and appear very swollen. Study the pics and then try to make your mount look just like what you see. The lip is also not tucked correctly, again study reference. I have been doing this for 15 years, I just got back from the Ohio show and I talked to as many experienced taxidermists as I could, and I learned some things. I drove 3 hours yesterday to sit and talk about whitetail anatomy with an expert and I studied reference pictures for an hour after I got home. You can never know too much.

the absolute best thing you can do is join your state assoc and go to the show. Follow the deer judge around as he critiques the other mounts and you will learn more than you can imagine. enter your own deer and get your own critique. takes a note pad and write down everything he says.

 

Good critiques and advice, especially about reference. I do have to say this deer is 100% better than the last one you posted pictures of. Keep it up.