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I have a question of how your taxidermist gets your deer done so fast? All the taxidermists around here that are good are backed up for fourteen months or more and when they are not backed up it still takes 6 or 7 months at the least. Does your guy tan the hide himself?

NICE Buck though!

RE: Close up pics of 2004 contest buck
 

Neck

I hope you see one in your woods too[8D]

He dressed out at 185#

The manikin is called a full sneek. It is made by Mckenzie.

RE: Close up pics of 2004 contest buck
 

You may not have seen my first post

RE: Close up pics of 2004 contest buck
 

MN

Sorry I did not see that at all.

In reality it takes 1 day to mount a deer. 2 weeks for it to dry and one day to touch it up with paint.

So really it only takes 16 days to 100% complete a deer mount.

You don't have to send them out to be tanned anymore. There are chemicals they put on the hide to preserve it.

Fritz and I are good friends. I get to cut in line every year:)

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Not sure who told you that but you may want to ask someone about that for sure.

That buck I have mounted was sent to Oregon to be professionally tanned and it took 6 months to get him done. I asked why he did it that way and he said that if you don't tan them they will not last.....period. Someday it will fall apart. Maybe not in 5 years but it will happen eventually he said. He is maybe the most respected taxidermist in my area and only does mounts now if you know him personally (my wife's cousin got me in ;)) He has been doing it for 35 years so I just thought I would pass that on to you.

I thought the same thing when I saw you had him done already.........seems fast.

Great buck.......looks even better then he did on the ground. I personally don't like the sneak pose but mine is a McKensie frame as well........I think they look great.


I don't care what he scores and you know that...............the only comment I made was that their were a couple bucks taken that looked bigger then him that were scored lower.

Whatever number ends up being stuck on him is nothing compared to the memories of that hunt you...........and YOU ALONE get to replay in your mind forever.

Now THAT is a trophy no one can put a number on ;)


Congrats again and great job

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I REALLY doubt that sometimes

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I've heard the same thing as atlasman about chemical preservation.

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I got last years buck back in 4 weeks from him.

This year it will be about 5 weeks.

He says the chemicals are just as good as tanning the hide. Who knows the last time your taxi looked into the chemicals for tanning purposes. Technology moves along so fast nowadays.

Fritz is a good friend and I know he would not steer me wrong.

Thanks for the heads up Atlas.

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maybe someone steered him wrong

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Maybe???