If you are looking to up your game in whitetail deer taxidermy and are not offended nor turned off by a little innovated snap on taxidermy, then I have something to share with you. It’s called the Brad Eppley Whitetail … Continue reading →
Whitetail deer earbutts can be intimidating to some taxidermists especially to the new comers to the game. There are two wrongs I usually observe on first time deer mounts that will stick out to any veteran taxidermist. Either they have … Continue reading →
In this article I am going to demonstrate a whitetail form alteration and how I altered a McKenzie 6900 series wall pedestal from a right turn look to a full straight off the wall look. The first thing I totally … Continue reading →
The advantage of painting your own fish eye is that you can look at reference and paint accordingly to what your reference is telling you. However the taxidermy commercial fish eyes that are available today are just fine for fish … Continue reading →
There has been much discussion on whether pre-set eye deer manikins are better to use then non preset. If you’re using pre-set deer eyes you’re pretty much stuck with the eye position and look. You will also be using the … Continue reading →
Here at the lab we always want the eyes and face to be the last to dry on our mount. This gives us time to adjust/taxi the eyes, nose and bottom lip to our liking, plus work on other projects … Continue reading →
Recently our taxidermy lab was tasked with the job of mounting a pair of bear paws, to be displayed as trophies. An odd request none the less, but very doable. This job required the skinning of the bear paws, followed by … Continue reading →
In the taxidermy world of lingo you will often hear the term “wrapped body”. What does this actually mean? In today’s modern world of taxidermy most birds, fish and mammals are taxied onto a foam body made out of two … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →If you seem to have problems of placement of your deer ears on your mounts there are a few things you can do. Sometimes they seem to too far forward while other times too far back, too low, too high. You … Continue reading →