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GrizzlyGibbs' Taxidermy
Michelle_Nelson:
They didn't give you any braid to put around the base of the antler? Or did you not like it with braid and decide not to use it?
grizzlygibbs:
They did not have braid in that kit! I however am not a big fan of the braid and think it looks ok without it unless you get up close and personal to inspect it! I think next time i will build up the mache all the way up to the basea and work on the bases on my next one i do. Good thing i had a few deer from years past to practice on! i have two more deer and a small 6x6 elk to do next! I will post pics of those, and i am gonna get a full sneek muley for my large sheds i found a few years ago too, im just gonna need a cape to do it before i get it!
grizzlygibbs:
So this is what i have been busy with lately! A buddy of mine I work with went hunting antelope in Wyoming. He got his first big game animal on a nice little Antelope buck! I told him I would do his Euro for him as a congradulations on the kill, plus I wanted the practice. Here are some pics of the finished product. I boiled/ simmered the skull and picked at it as i went along! after i was satisfied with all the little chunks and pieces we soaked it in a small bucket with Regular store bought peroxide for a few days. Again the finished product! I should have gotten a picture of the skull without the sheaths. they were a lot easier than I thought they would be to remove! and the boiling/simmering worked like a charm and made the cartilage and skin fall off the inner bone under the sheaths!
grizzlygibbs:
Now I am working on a cape, fleshing it out getting it ready to tan today, and another one of my co-workers smoked a buck and we are gonna do a euro just like his brothers antelope! he graciously let me have the cape from his deer. The fleshing is time consuming, but fun! I am loving this stuff, just wish i had all the proper tools!
270Shooter:
Nice job on that Lope man 8)
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