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Old 10-18-2005, 02:45 PM
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i have several different animals mounted and wanted to try doing one myself,bought me a kit and here it is, i will say it takes alot of patience.wish i had time to do it more.

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Old 10-18-2005, 04:33 PM
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That is a cool looking mount

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Old 10-18-2005, 06:21 PM
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from what I see , it looks pretty good.as you say , it takes a lot of time and work.
keep trying and you will get better at it.
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Old 10-18-2005, 07:42 PM
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Im trying something kind of similar to that with a squirrel. What i've done so far is skinned it from the waist up to its head (turned out not bad) and i've soaked in some hot water for a little bit. So now i think im going to salt the inside down....insert a wire through the head and front feet so that they're in the position i want....stuff it with something...and put some eyes in. haha, yeah, im kind of winging it since i've never done anything near to this before so wish me luck.

PS. your mount isn't half bad one on one
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Old 10-18-2005, 08:27 PM
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Looks pretty good if tha is your first try,
live2hunt ,that is not the way to do it, go to any public library and borrow a book on taxidermy.
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Old 10-19-2005, 02:06 PM
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the guy that does my taxidermy work gave me a catlog and iordered the kit.the liquid preserve worked easier than the borax,thinking of tring a deer mounted on a fence post, with old barb wire, to look like a real fence post, with a field rock for the base to level it, what the best way to get the flesh and stuff off the deer hide, thanks
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Old 10-19-2005, 02:49 PM
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Nice job
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