is talidermy hard to learn???

[kevster10p]

i wanted to know if it is hard to learn and how much does it usually cost per mount if youdo it yourself

[nctaxi]

kev - nothing worth learning is easy. And with taxidermy, if you're gonna be good - you never stop learning. Studying pictures till your eyes hurt, cause you want that eye perfect. Things you never noticed become important, I never cared about a deer's nose or how it holds it's ears. As far as costs, what animal? what pose? lifesize? 1/2 lifesize? If you really want to learn, nothing - AND I MEAN NOTHING - will stop you. I drove 35 min each way to learn, and have friends that drove over 1.5 hrs. For me it has become like an obsession, I strive to learn more. A girl that I have been helping drives 2 hrs to get advise from a friend. It's a love and a lifestyle, for me. I've never been prouder than seeing my first ribbons or when my first paying customer paid me a bonus.

[cnhntr]

ORIGINAL: nctaxi

kev - nothing worth learning is easy. And with taxidermy, if you're gonna be good - you never stop learning. Studying pictures till your eyes hurt, cause you want that eye perfect. Things you never noticed become important, I never cared about a deer's nose or how it holds it's ears. As far as costs, what animal? what pose? lifesize? 1/2 lifesize? If you really want to learn, nothing - AND I MEAN NOTHING - will stop you. I drove 35 min each way to learn, and have friends that drove over 1.5 hrs. For me it has become like an obsession, I strive to learn more. A girl that I have been helping drives 2 hrs to get advise from a friend. It's a love and a lifestyle, for me. I've never been prouder than seeing my first ribbons or when my first paying customer paid me a bonus.

well to make a long story short...


...too late.

[nctaxi]

Cn - I know that was based at me but I about peed myself. The answer is YES