How am I doing??

FireDiver · 07-21-2006, 10:11 PM

I'm in my second year of doing taxidermy as a hobby to supplement my income as a firefighter. I've been mounting mostly whitetail, but I've done a few elk, bear, coyote, etc.

I ended up doing 26 deer last year in my spare time and I just finished up #45 for this year.

How am I doing for a "rookie"?

FireDiver · 07-21-2006, 10:12 PM

Here is another one I did this year.

FireDiver · 07-21-2006, 10:13 PM

Here is an elk I did a few months ago. This was my second attempt at an elk. I used sheds on this mount.

FireDiver · 07-21-2006, 10:15 PM

Here is one more........

FireDiver · 07-21-2006, 10:19 PM

Here is my first mulie.....

excalibur43 · 07-22-2006, 04:14 AM

I think they look great. What kind of forms do you like using, McKenzie, Coombs, etc. ?

rgswildlife · 07-22-2006, 08:45 AM

Time to change your line of work. Very nice.

Rich

Alex The Hawk · 07-22-2006, 10:57 AM

Very nice Buddy, Keep it up.

jamiebuck · 07-22-2006, 12:05 PM

very,very nice i wish i had the time to learn

FireDiver · 07-22-2006, 12:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: excalibur43

I think they look great. What kind of forms do you like using, McKenzie, Coombs, etc. ?

I purchase almost everything from McKenzie.......and try to only use Meder forms for whitetail. I do purchase a few deer forms from Research because I like their "not quite 90" pose.

I'm going to try to use only Meder forms next year because I feel they are by far the most accurate.

Thanks all for the comments. I feel I've come a long way in just a couple of years.