www.taxidermy.net
This is an amazing website/forum. Check it out. Ask questions. Use the search. The search hold an incredible amount of answers. Like a lot of forums, if you start asking 'beginner' questions that have been asked thousands of times before, they tend to get overlooked. So start off using the search button, and read away. If you can't find what your looking for, don't be afraid to ask a question.