wooly Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I got hooked up with a local taxidermist/ hydro-dipper dude (Bare Naked Mounts) through Facebook last week. Traded two of my carved skulls for some blank canvases he had. I got 1fox, 1 bobcat, 2 bear cubs, 1 small buck, 1 wild boar, 12 coyotes, and 60 raw bear claws to do with as I wish. Oh yeah, I got a big fat shed antler to carve some skull work on for him as well in return. Needless to say, I was pretty excited and eager to get to work so I got all the coyotes cleaned up and got the bear claws skinned, sealed, and polished. THAT was no easy task! Then it was time to get some new bits and start grinding away at the new bone pile! The coyote was just a general design to cover some bullet holes so I just kept repeating the pattern. The webbed buck design came from inside my skull,lol 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowin Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Nice score. Like the cobweb pattern on the deer skull. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Friend , your work is amazing ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisw Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Awesome! Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 VERY cool, Matt....I'm waiting for someone to give you a dinosaur ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeyfeathers Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Just showed some co workers and friends of wife around a campfire. Holy $hit was the response by all. Nice work Wooly. And nice trade for new materials to work on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Some of y'all might remember a few years back Wooly had a girlfriend from New Guinea who collected shrunken skulls.. He said that every now and then she would give him a little head... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Great trade for some new blank canvas! Amazing work from an amazing talent, my friend! With each new scull you do I'm seeing totally different designs and patterns. It takes a true artists mind and hands to pull these wonderful pieces off. Are any of these beautiful, one of a kind, works of art, on the market? No doubt these would be highly desirable for most any outdoors person to display! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVal Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 That's awesome serious talent ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooly Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, Pygmy said: Some of y'all might remember a few years back Wooly had a girlfriend from New Guinea who collected shrunken skulls.. He said that every now and then she would give him a little head... LOL- I think you have her confused with my taxidermist G/F from Beaverkill NY! There may have been a few others I'm forgetting about,lol 5 minutes ago, grampy said: Great trade for some new blank canvas! Amazing work from an amazing talent, my friend! With each new scull you do I'm seeing totally different designs and patterns. It takes a true artists mind and hands to pull these wonderful pieces off. Are any of these beautiful, one of a kind, works of art, on the market? No doubt these would be highly desirable for most any outdoors person to display! I sell and trade them all grampy. I'm gonna have a hard time parting with that boar skull though when it's finally finished. I may never get my hands on another one of those again. The other stuff I'm not really attached to at all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 26 minutes ago, wooly said: LOL- I think you have her confused with my taxidermist G/F from Beaverkill NY! There may have been a few others I'm forgetting about,lol I sell and trade them all grampy. I'm gonna have a hard time parting with that boar skull though when it's finally finished. I may never get my hands on another one of those again. The other stuff I'm not really attached to at all. Yup...That was it....I tried to acknowledge that I was using YOUR material...One of the funniest posts I remember on the forum, in fact... I love the name of your taxi ( Bare Naked Mounts)....It just has such an APPEALING sound... Kinda reminds me of the social club I used to frequent down in Tijuana...Juicy Lucy's House of Pleasure... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA-ADK Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Stunning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabin Fever Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Holy hell! That should keep you busy until hunting season anyways!! Those finished skulls are awesome! The detail is amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsNbows Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Pygmy said: Some of y'all might remember a few years back Wooly had a girlfriend from New Guinea who collected shrunken skulls.. He said that every now and then she would give him a little head... Wery, Wery bad Dan! What would your better half say? LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 24 minutes ago, bugsNbows said: Wery, Wery bad Dan! What would your better half say? LOL She'd probably say " You can dress 'em up, but you can't take 'em out"..........Hehehehehe......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moog5050 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I am always amazed at your artistic skills Wooly from photography to carving and even more amazed that you keep amazing me more. Keep it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman22 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Wow. Extremely impressive! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doebuck1234 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 As always...Very nice work!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny hunter Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All look great........Amazing Wooley........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut in the bush Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Super cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I want that one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philoshop Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I feel bad about getting your hopes up regarding the dental burrs and stuff, Wooly. That box-full I have is somewhere, and no one in my family has claimed responsibility for throwing the stuff out. I'll keep looking. Too many barns, and not enough time. ;-} 17 minutes ago, Paula said: I want that one! You're talking about the crafted skulls, right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATbuckhunter Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 17 hours ago, wooly said: LOL- I think you have her confused with my taxidermist G/F from Beaverkill NY! There may have been a few others I'm forgetting about,lol I sell and trade them all grampy. I'm gonna have a hard time parting with that boar skull though when it's finally finished. I may never get my hands on another one of those again. The other stuff I'm not really attached to at all. If you'd like I could probably get my hands on some boar skulls the next time I head to Europe. The area my family is from is now over run with Russian Boar and I have no desire to keep more than one boar skull. Very nice work though! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachunter Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 damn you really have no limits.great score!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss444 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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