Taxidermy for Beginners - Please Help!

WandaFish · 04-16-2008, 10:53 AM

My husband is looking to start up taxidermy and I would like to get him some equipment for his birthday, but I have no idea what products are absolutely necessary for someone just learning to do mounts. He is interested in fish mounting for the most part, so I just ordered an instructional video, but I need some help as to what else he'll need to start up. Can someone help me?

stuffer29 · 04-16-2008, 11:37 AM

Get more videos of big game and birds too. Maybe some forms and go to taxidermy.net they have it all as in mannikens and catalogs you can order great way to get started there.

stuffer29 · 04-16-2008, 11:38 AM

And maybe some knives scalpals and heavy duty scissors if its for fish that he wants to do.

Jeff Ovington · 05-02-2008, 12:29 PM

Enrollhimin a school thatteaches him how to do it right.

Hobbes · 05-07-2008, 11:58 PM

I don't think forms would be a good choice. Forms need to bought for a specific fish with specific measurements. Unless you know this infoyou could bewasting your money on a form. Same with eyes.

I'm not a fish guy, but there are several tools that I would consider necessary for fish mounting.Don't think any of the adhesives or chemicals would be a good choice for a gift either.

Taxidermy.net then to WASCO who has a good selection of fish mounting tools. (Scissors, cheek scrapers, modeling tools, etc.) Also the books and videos mentioned are a goodgift, especially those from the World Taxidermy Shows. If he is really going to get into fish taxidermy a good airbrush is a must. He'll need an air compressor for the airbrush. May buy a fish blank for him to practice painting after he buys paints.