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Mounting my 07 Muley Buck
tlbradford:
Entertaining and informing thread. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
huntnphool:
Very nice Cowboy, and nice buck too.
bowsandhose:
looking great and a nice buck
Hunting Cowboy:
Thanks guys...........
I left off with preparing the ears and the mannikin. Next, I repair any holes in the cape. In this case a repair of the bullet holes. The bullet doesn't just leave a hole, it also burns and damages the surrounding fur. The damaged fur needs to be removed in such a way as to not show up when the mount is complete. So, a football shaped incision is made (with the way the fur is laying) making sure all damaged fur is removed. Then the incision is carefully stitched
Hunting Cowboy:
Next the clay is modeled onto the form. First clay is added to the nose pad, then the tear ducts, ear butts, eyes, skull plate, around antler burrs, corner of the mouth, and down the back of the neck, and into areas cut out for muscle detail. This doesn't need to be sculpted perfectly but it should close. As the cape is applied to the form, things will sometimes get messed up.
Although the form creates most of the anatomically correct details of the mount, the clay allows subtle details to be sculpted in. This is where most taxidermists use their interpretations of their reference materials such as eye shape, nostril shape, ear placement, ear butt details, etc.
In my opinion, I think if you look close enough you can almost recognize the work of a particular taxidermist. I know there are a few local taxidermists and some nationally recognized that I respect that I can usually recognize their work when I see it.
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