i'm going to mount my first animal asquirrel. i'm going to use this check http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0009989221535a&type=product&cm Cat=SEARCH_RESULTS_NYR&returnPage=search-results2.jsp&Ne=2510&noImage=0&Ntt=mou nt&Ntk=Products&QueryText=mount&Ntx=ma tchall&N=4883&trueNum=502 any one use this before? i think i'm going to go with the climbing mount or the sitting with an acorn mount. what do you think, an tips?

Cabalas and VanDykes are the same company so you will be fine using there material. Good luck and keep practicing.

I would recommend a kit for your first mount. Gives you everything you need for a descent price. If you like it, youcan invest further. Who knows, you might hate it...then your only out a kit. My tip is....just jump in. Good Luck

I used that kit before. Make sure you measure your squirrel before you buy it. That kit comes with a fox squirrel form that is way too big for the average gray squirrel. I bought things individualy from www.vandykestaxidermy.com. Measure your squirrel and order an apropriate form. Get some black glass eyes. You can use Borax as a dry preservative and some common size wire for your tail. There is a really good book out there by David Ellzey. It is very helpful and what I used for my first squirrel. Here is the link http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01007544/. The running up or down is a very good form to mount your first squirrel. It is a forgiving form. For instance my first squirrel was in a running down position and it turned out the form was too big. I stretched the skin as far around as I could and when I stapled it to the belly and put it on a log you could not tell that it did not completely cover the squirrel. Hope this information helps :-)