westMDbowhunter

Used the late 1800s method of wire and cotton. The eyes are from a claw machine toy. Preserved with an alcohol bath and borax.
Also skull in so mount has teeth.

wild art

That's cool

westMDbowhunter

Thanks buddy for my first I am pretty proud of it.
There are detail issues but I had fun.

BarnesX.308

I would imagine the smaller the critter, the harder it is. Like being a neurosurgeon. I tried my hands at some small game animals and I had neither the patience or dexterity to do it. Hats off to you.

westMDbowhunter

Thanks a lot man!
A very long work day, about twelve hours
This one has a dorsal incision
Cleaned all the meat off
Snapped legs at elbow for something to wire onto
Put clay inside skull again to have something to attach wires
Tedious but worth it for sure
I found google books to be a great resource
Thanks again man I'm glad you think it's cool

Citizen Sportsman

Looks like a squirrel to me!

BarnesX.308

That's a real state-of-the-art VCR you got there too. 4 heads. Automatic tracking, too?

westMDbowhunter

Nah lol you gotta use the channel buttons
No way I was going to replace my disney collection with DVD
And some movies just didn't make it over to DVD
I couldn't imagine watching the fox and the hound on anything else
Plus anymore you can grab tapes for .50$ or 1$
I haven't been very impressed with most "films" over the past decade

Thanks for all the kind words about my work everyone, I'll be doing a grey when season comes in. I'm gonna have to get better at the claw machine or make an order for some glass bubble eyes. But it did feel nice doing it all with walmart junk.

blaZer_2

Wow! that is cool, good job!

westMDbowhunter

Thank you, I can't wait to try another taxidermy project come fall.