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The painting is where I'm going to have the most trouble, blending in the colors. That is whats seperates the men from the boys.

It's hard to tell from the distance of the pics, but looks good to me. I figured to start, maybe on a doe, or on a smaller buck, the cousins harvest. If we get a big guy, that will go to a professional. Hopefully, practice makes better. The correct skinning , is a start in the right direction, they say. A turkey is very tough to do, and is a real test in taxidermy. That is why the full mounts are money. Maybe skin a chicken to try on a few times.

I think the way it sounds, they already have a strong foothold in NY. Wait till they come up in your flower beds, and your little gardens, and lawns in the back yard at night, they make one rooting mess. I see one, their be pork on the table tonight boys. Been a long time since I skinned and dressed out a hog, but I'm sure it'll come back to me. No mention if the DEC wants a harvest reported.

I'm at that point of serious thinking about mounting some of our own family harvests. Don't really know if that artist ability is in me. but their's only one way to find out. Been doing alot of research on the subject, and it's a little scary, but recreating on our own animals will be fun, I hope. I'm going to tan my own hides too. Thats even more scarier, because they have to be done right to preserve.Don't get me wrong, I think a good taxidermist deserves every bit of money they charge. The work that goes into recreating a live animal is a true art form, my hats off to them. Their are some animals, that I want to recreate, but just don't want to spend the big bucks at a professional, like maybe a coyote or fox.

We have some Field & Stream ladder stands from Dicks. Think they were on sale for $49.We own 8 of these, and are holding up very well. Came with a cheap seat pad, but I have a good quiet seat cushion to use. Good idea on the rachet straps. They add to the strength . I put good ones on all my stands. We use the shoe strings to raise the weapons up and down with.

All the neck meat and cuts that are just to time consuming to clean, get put in the crockpot at processing. Through carrots and onions, along with a bunch of different seasonings in the pot. I also add some of the beef graveys, my wife leaves in the cupboards for a while. Cook it slow till tender, let it cool overnight in the frig, and cook it again. It's the cool down between cookings that really bring on the flavor. Freeze whats left over, having a quick pulled venison sandwich, when needed.

Good Luck, have a safe trip, and say hello to the Drurys out there if you see them

Thats strange that nothing touched the liver. We've had some damaged livers, that we wouldn't trust consuming. Out it goes in the gut pile, nothings left, ever.

Thanks for posting Eddie.

I agree. The beetle process works the best. Done alot or research on taxidermy.net and alot of people raise their own bugs in an old frig.. The inner noise bones are very fine, and will boil away. I skin the head and put it on a shed roof, letting nature run it coarse. I do wrap the rack in dark garbage bag, so the sun won't discolor it as bad. You can always tell a skull, that has been cooked in water. The inner nose bones are missing.

Thanks for the reply. It's interesting how the son, father, grand father, and so on, can stick around on the same piece of land. We have seen this time and time again here. The genes stay in an area for a long time. The same shapes of the rack, right down to the same kickers, body sizes, can repeat themselves year after year. Congats on your harvest, and that sure was a nice job done on that skull. I'm working on my first, learning alot, as I go. Would like to take up taxidermy some day.

I was thinking Rust Oleum in the quart cans. I have a 1940 Ford 2N tractor that I would like to paint the sheet metal in camo.

Culver, pink meat is no good for you.

Now theres some nice pics. Gets the old blood pumping.

I was waiting for the leaves to stick in the paint when dry. I wonder if Rust-Oleum oil based enamels would work as well for swirling ?

That turned out good.

LOL

You did a super nice job. That is the way to mount the tail. Was never to keen on the salt way either. Had one in the freezer for about 3 years now. Don't even know if it's any good. Don't know if it any good? Maybe try. Thanks for posting and info.

Always have some nice pics, thanks.

Great pics, as always, thanks.

Found my very first one Saturday. A little 2 point on a very heavily used deer trail. Mind you, I've been looking hard for years with not even a speck of bone. It seemed like a a 10 point to me, the way I felt. We had 10 deer in the field outside the house, on Saturday evening, 1 still wearing his headgear.

Having a Crossbow section seperate from Archery, is no different than having a Muzzleloader section seperate from Riffle and Gun Discussions. It may, in fact, spur some very good discussions on the issue. Makes a common place to relate back to for past threads. Edit

They look really good. Going to try them tomorrow night. Now I only wish we could lay around the pool here. Maybe in 4 months, give or take. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks John, that was the problem. All my end. Like the new laptop, just got, have to understand it.

Looks real nice. Attempting to do one myself. . How did they fasten the skull to the plaque?