my hunting season over but heres a sambar stag taxidermy mount

[WhelanLad]

my latest stag painted and finished on the wall

slightly stoked, each one is improving , il get to work on a few more hinds and get some details right!

heres a 2015 sambar stag shot with a t3 308 and 150gr Abs.
He has 27 inch Antlers- with different sort of tops for this area.

finished today

heres also a photo to show the sizing of these Sambars to the Red deer etc

 

[Jay]

That looks great!

How long does it take to complete the taxidermy on something like that?

Cheers
Jay

 

[WhelanLad]

That looks great!

How long does it take to complete the taxidermy on something like that?

Cheers
Jay

Hey fella,
ohh, well i sorta dabble, maybe a month all up including but starting from 2 weeks tanning... then i mess around thinning it a bit over a few days an keep it refrigerated, then whilst thats goin on ive prepped the form basically ready to clay in an set eyes an stuff, basically bite the bullet shortly after an glue wrap an stitch up, that takes most of the day, then into the night i detail it a bit, an attend it every day for a few hours making sure all is good and perfecting it as it dries up a bit.
once happy move it indoors to dry out alot more.

then once it finished moving, 'detail' it with apoxie clay and then paint... this last part can take 2 weeks average to dry until time i go for a few hunts here or there an do other stuff for a few days etc...

maybe one day can do a good job an make some business from it

liven the dream perhaps then i could claim