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Title: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: cryfowl on May 10, 2011, 12:41:42 PM

I had intended for one of our local taxidermists to mount this Bobcat, but after emailing him a couple times and not getting a response, I decided to give it a try myself.  My wife is not a big fan of mounts, but she took an interest in the cat and insisted on a shoulder mount.  I am no stranger to Taxidermy as I have mounted birds for the last 10+ years, but I have NEVER mounted a mammal before.  I ordered a How too video for mounting a Life size Bobcat.  It didn't look all that hard so ordered a kit with everything I needed.  All I can say is that I learned what tools will be on my X-mas list this year to make things easier.  I could not get my fleshing knife sharp enough to do what I needed it to do, so did a lot of it with just a razor blade.  Overall, I am not dissappointed at all.  Made a few mistakes here and there but I learned from them.  Next project,  the Corssican Ram  I have had in the freezer for the past 8 years. 

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: Gumby98366 on May 10, 2011, 01:41:09 PM

Very nice!
Thumbs up!

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on May 10, 2011, 03:08:15 PM

Great for a first timer! the eyes make it look like the people from the movie Avatar.

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: 400out on May 10, 2011, 04:52:19 PM

Good place to start  ;)

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: wastickslinger on May 10, 2011, 10:06:40 PM

I cant give you a hard time cause if I tried to mount my own It would look more like a gremlin Im sure.

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: Ballance1 on May 13, 2011, 08:56:01 AM

Back brush that cat and get him all fluffed up. not bad for your first.

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 14, 2011, 06:50:26 PM

Use a air dryer when back brushing to fluff the hair more

Title: Re: My first attempt at Mammal Taxidermy.
Post by: C-Money on May 19, 2011, 08:15:12 AM

Turned out pretty darn good! You have a bright furure!