Hows it look.

BigBuckShooter · 02-07-2006, 10:57 PM

Heres my buck I got from the taxidermist. He does quite a bit of heads and is pretty well known. Some of the things I see when I go in make ya wanna have so bad. So what are the good points, bad points of the mount? I am gonna try mounting a deer next fall so now I have something to go off of. One thing I notice was a lot of black around the eyes, especially behind them, but overall I like it a lot. The taxidermist usually does both ears back, but on mine he did one infront of the horns, and I think it looks awesome.

Red Hawk · 02-08-2006, 01:04 AM

looks good to me

kshunter · 02-08-2006, 06:42 AM

I like the pose. Looks nice. Like you said, they main thing that stuck out was the dark around the eyes... just a little toomuch black above the eyes. But it's hard to tell, with just one pic. Nice looking mount though. It's a great looking cape, with the white frosty face. Congrats

livbucks · 02-08-2006, 07:30 AM

Perhaps the dark coloring occured naturally. Is it the hair that is dark? It could always be touched up with an airbrush if you don't like it. Deer are individuals and never look the same as each other. Take a closeup and post it. I'm sure you will get a solution to the situation from somebody here who knows how to deal with it.

M.Magis · 02-08-2006, 10:19 AM

Never use a mount as reference. Only trust pictures of live deer. Almost every supplier sells reference pictures, but there's also many that can be found for free by doing some internet searches.

nutz4bucks · 02-08-2006, 04:05 PM

Nice mount to me! Looks good!

livbucks · 02-08-2006, 05:41 PM

I am getting a mount done right now by a friend of my Dad's who is a darn good taxidermist. I wanted that buck to be my first try but wasn't ready in time for an attempt. I will usehis workas a benchmark to judge my own work against. I realize that I should not use his work as reference but only to judge the quality of my own workmanship when finished.

BigBuckShooter · 02-08-2006, 06:04 PM

Heres a pic of the eye.

livbucks · 02-08-2006, 09:16 PM

Looks like some sort of staining coming thru the hide. I'm no expert but I think some airbrushing is in order. Just doesn't look right, but anything can be fixed (almost).

kshunter · 02-09-2006, 08:18 AM

It may be an easy fix, depending on the type of paint that was used. If some laquer based paint was used, thinning it out with some thinner, and then re-painting it would be what I'd do. Either way, personally I'd at least talk to the taxidermists, tell him what you think, and I'm sure he'd offer to change the color.

Look at reference and thecolors won't be that black around the whole eye. There will be some black around the lid, but not the whole eye. Good luck.