My First Coyote

black is slimming, heheh. It looks skinny but that could indeed be because it's dark. Not bad at all for your first coyote. Eyes and ears are a bit asymmetrical but pretty darn good overall. ear bases look a bit too wide maybe. Good job!

 

IF that's your first you are well on your way to being a damned good taxidermist. I agree with the poster above, the right eye (our right) and ear are off, but other than that very nice.

 

Great job for first, just a few little things to work on , the main thing that hits me right away is the hide is thin like early season and you have it in a snow scene , not saying it is , but is what stands out to me

 

13 point saw what I couldn't put a finger on: hide is thin. And I was afraid my post about black being slimming might have been slightly racist...

 

1st thing that caught my eye wasn't the mount. It was the habitat. Some of the icicles are hanging at an angle. Water will fall straight with gravity. And freeze accordingly

 

Since this was brought back up , why is the tied thread hanging out on each leg ? A little secret is , when done sewing do a few lock stitches cut that needle off leaving thread long as possible, now get a long needle and put thread thru eye but don’t tie , now push long needle thru last stitch hole and send it as far away as possible, back out thru the hide and pull thru . Now pull the thread and it will bury your tied knot inside, now cut thread off flush with hide . It will pull back inside and be hidden and you hide paste will help it from ever pulling apart

 

Always measure the carcass after skinning ,over the hair will give you a false measurement

 

Early season yote with shorter hair looks good, only eye shape and possible ears but looks great overall.

 

I don’t think it is so much that the coyote is too skinny, but the coloration of the fur gives the appearance it is. You’re measurements are probably accurate. The light shading on some of the fur creates a bit of an optical illusion and makes it appear thinner than it really is. Then the ears are set too wide and make the head appear larger, making the body look disproportionately smaller. I wrestled with the same issue on the ears with my first few coyotes. Look at reference photos of live coyotes (not other people’s mounts) with ears in a forward position and the space between the ears is much smaller. For a first coyote, you did a really good job.

 

He looks amazing and such unique coloring too.