At home taxidermy

WhelanLad said:
ya know,, there is something special about old school deer mounts...

im fascinated in how they did it- like you touched on with chiken wire, hessian stuffed sacks, whatever- used to make the manikin back then, or mostly, just fill out the animals shape? Wild.

im totally unsure how these ol guys tanned stuff an according to modern day info out there, surely cant of been 'tanned' too well..... ?

longevity is not there as Maple leaf mentions, simply due to the preservation level i would believe. from not takin enough cartlidges,flesh? or splitting areas would amount to a mess over 30-40 years plus.

i want old ones lol, but some, yeah , nah.

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Honestly, this is why I love the original antler mounts. Cut off the skull plate, put it on a plaque with something to cover it, and you had all you needed. I have come to prefer those over every other kind of mount. I saved the skull of my moose and the nice 11-pt buck I shot a few years back, and wish I hadn't done so with the moose at least. From now on, I'm doing antler mounts because they're hard to get wrong and easy to get right.
 
TheCoachZed said:
Honestly, this is why I love the original antler mounts. Cut off the skull plate, put it on a plaque with something to cover it, and you had all you needed. I have come to prefer those over every other kind of mount. I saved the skull of my moose and the nice 11-pt buck I shot a few years back, and wish I hadn't done so with the moose at least. From now on, I'm doing antler mounts because they're hard to get wrong and easy to get right.
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i honestly prefer Euro mounts than just cutting the top of the antlers skull cap off.... but obviously i want a house full of deer lookin at me at some point :D
 
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