Can Cause a Taxidermist Nightmares Recently, I was working through my work order backlog and I came across a Whitetail that I remember very well from when my client dropped it off right in the midst of the rut. It was covered in battle scars as well as fresh wounds. I asked the guy if…
By D. Price 11/7/2016 How the cutting edge works Tuning your fleshing blade is an art in itself, above and beyond running the machine. To understand this process you must first know how the cutting edge or wire works. First lets touch on how the wire is created to begin with. The blade is…
ON YOUR FLESHING MACHINE By D. Price The #1 question I get, time and time again on fleshing machines is how do you determine where to set the guards? I answer, there is no magic number, it is not necessarily 1/8” or ¼” it is a feel thing that is only learned with experience. That…
By D. Price I decided to revisit the way I do my Whitetail antler setting on deer. I briefly touched on this in a 5 part series of articles on mounting a deer in Taxidermy Today Magazine. Still, I receive “How To” questions regularly because I use a burr to burr incision. Folks who are…
By D. Price Are you interested in learning Whitetail taxidermy or as a hunter learning just what goes into mounting a Whitetail shoulder mount? If your answer is yes, you might as well aim high and go for “High Quality Whitetail Taxidermy”. You can see poor quality mounts everywhere without even having to search. Knowing what…
Have you ever thought about tanning your own deer hides? Whether you want to just hang them on your wall or over the back of your furniture it can be very rewarding to be able say you did it yourself. What ever the case you can do it without a lot of expense and equipment.…
The ears will always tell the story! Whitetail ears will not dry correctly if you have not prepared them properly. It is very important to turn the ear skins completely to the edges or they will curl and not leave you with a nice crisp edge after the mount has finished the drying process. The hair patterns…
Having trouble getting the hair patterns to line up properly around the nose on your deer heads? How about shrinkage or wrinkled nose pads once dry? There is a simple answer for these issues. It is proper thinning and prep of the skin long before it is mounted. The less tissue that is present the…
Shaving Deer Capes By D. Price Shaving deer capes is a learned skill and much like any other skill it takes time and commitment to learn the proper techniques and “tricks of the trade” to shaving capes on the round knife. If you have a round knife (Fleshing Machine) and it is sitting in the…
Doing Taxidermy and Learning Taxidermy Two Totally Different Things By D. Price Just as stated, there is a big difference, if you want to do taxidermy get you a few tools together and a dead animal and all of a sudden you “DO” taxidermy. Anyone can “DO” it. It really is pretty simple and a…