Taxidermy-A new view

[Festus]

Excellent video! Outstanding mount! Sweet buck.

I enjoyed every minute of that.
Thank you for posting.

 

[bobbydean]

Totally impressed. That was a nice film. Do most taxidermist do their own wood work?

 

[idnative1948]

Totally outstanding! Art in itself. You should be pleased and give yourself a pat on the back.

 

[Colberjs]

A in e inside look at what good taxidermy involves. While I was waiting on parts of it to buffer I looked over at the two I have on my wall and really realized why I got them done so cheap.

 

[Bugle 'Em In]

Wow...simply amazing. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Goldtip]

WOW, just a very cool video and a great documentation of how much goes into a great mount. Great buck, great mount and great video. Very much worth the time to watch!

 

[buglum]

Great video, and great taxi work.

Did you sew the mouth shut before setting it on the form?
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I did. Its personal opinion, I know some people don't

Do most taxidermist do their own wood work?

I'm not sure I know the answer to that. I think you would be hard pressed to find a taxi willing to take the time and make that base like I did. I did it because I thought it would look good, and I also enjoy doing the woodwork as thats a whole different skillset than mounting heads. I don't think many taxidermists know how to do wood stuff like that.

But I may be wrong since I'm not in the business. I never talk to/visit other shops, nor do I go to competitions or anything like that. My favorite motto is "Just wing it" when doing mounts. I always have a general idea but the final product never turns out like I initially planned. I wasn't even going to put the wood base on there but had to by default when I realized my branch was too short and the deer would only be about 3' off the ground. So I made the base to raise him up to eye level.

 

[MHMT]

Awesome video! A lot of talent, both on the taxidermy and the filming.

 

[bjtc_brian]

Great mount and GREAT video!!!!