Beginning to end mounting a whitetail deer 

Nice job congratulations, just wanted to know why you cut and put in the same place, did not understand right could you clarify me please?

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@Terri Dupuy to make it longer

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Also remember that is used to be a living animal, so it's important to make sure that the way that its life ended was proper and it's going to be a little bit more expensive because of that.

@@bettievw very nice insight

@@bettievwmost mounts are from hunters who took the animal themselves

At one point animals were taxidermized with their skulls still beneath the pelt, now it’s just easier and more convenient to use foam. We went from using wooden frames and skulls, to much less wood and foam!

@@autumnrohde367 I didn't know that! Thanks for the info!

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@@Shrekoverlord More often than I'd like to admit!

I always thought they cut off the head of the animal and just mount it straight on the wall after being cleaned.

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But why a doe? Theres no reason to hunt does.. there are specific laws protecting them for a reason, dont see why you dont try for a male.

@@yukiiasakii9758 maybe where you are, in some states like Missouri & Illinois your required to take a doe or two before the buck. In Arkansas we have a season of doe only twice a year bc there’s too many. In texas they have a month long season of doe only. Problem is not enough people shoot them to control the population of your mature bucks

@Justin Digirolamo That is really interesting and it makes a lot of sense, why would you not go for the ones with the big prized antlers.

@@jus10inla wrong. I live in Missouri. No such law that you have to take a doe before a buck.

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Where do you get the manikins? I can rarely find them on amazon or ebay and when i do they are extremely expensive. I wanna do a raccoon.

@@texastrapperoutdoors9887 I haven't gotten any yet, but I see them a lot on Taxidermy sites, like when I had to research stuff for school about future jobs

Oh ok thanks. I guess i will just look on the websites

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I think it's to properly fit it to the pelt. Some deer are bigger than others and therefore the foam base needs to be added to so that the pelt can fit and properly represent the original deer's look.

@@madelinew1708 Yes exactly. She was changing length of eye to nose for a better fit of the cape. Forms only come in so many sizes and it's difficult to get the pose you want with all the right dimensions; often have to change them. Looked like she also split it width-wise to carve a more realistic septum.

Thanks so much this was my thought too.

What she did was put bondo in it. She wants to have pink inside the nostrils.

Look up bondo ears. You mix fiberglass with bondo. Be careful how much bondo hardener you use though. ☺

@@870wingmstr Wow you have saved me SO much frustration, THANK YOU YOU'RE THE BEST

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They have to tan the hide so it doesn't get bugs all over it and get all the fat off. Somethimes they send them somewhere so it takes some time

And their done one at a time,,, your next

So that is true, very few taxidermist tan their own hides. They send hides in batches to tanneries who in turn are receiving them from all over. When they are sent back to the taxidermist they are usually done in the order that they received them. Since they are done one at a time this obviously adds to the length of the process. Usually a decent taxidermist will mount about 3 deer heads a day. Then a batch of mounts is left pinned to dry. When they are ready most people will paint and finish quite a few at a time like an assembly line. It is also the type off job that different people do at different speeds. The first buck I mounted I tanned the hide myself, mounted it and had it hanging on my wall in a week from the day I shot it. I have sent hides to taxidermist to flesh out for me and send to a tannery. This usually cost me around $50 then about another 75 for the eyes, ear liners and mannequin. My self mounts look about like an average bulk taxidermist would do. I have had taxidermists mount some to competition quality. I can tell the difference most people can’t.

Auto tanner machines are out (most taxidermists don't want their customers to know about these machines) that can do a complete tanning in just 4 hours. But most small or one person taxidermy shops cannot afford these machines, have an entirely separate room to set up an auto tanner, or don't want to deal with the special chemical storage. As far as 6 months to a year, that varies with each taxidermist. Some taxidermists have dozens to hundreds of mounts to do per year, so it easily takes 6 to 12 months with the huge backlog of work orders. Some just use the 6 to 12 months time frame as an overused bullshit excuse, because that is what everyone else says and does and gets away with it, so they can too. The amount of time also varies, especially if the taxidermist has a part-time or full-time job outside of doing mounts.

500? Mine was like 250. Your getting ripped off man.

@@jaredwhite489 mines like 600

Good isn’t cheap and cheap isn’t always good.

@@jaredwhite489 you must have been getting a poor quality one for that type of money or second hand. They go around 300- 1,000 depending on the quality of the taxidermist

@@carbonantlers5481 What do they charge for second hand mounts? Here in South Africa, I started buying second hand trophies as I only make biltong of what I shoot. Bought a Rowland Ward 101" Kudu for 23$ and from there on just kept buying second hand lol. The trophy was a mere two years old according to the taxidermy receipt (shot 2018).

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It’s a different way of tanning and but hard hides can be socked in water and most people keep the cape in a bag when working

Hey, thanks for the support! I bought this hide from another taxidermist. This was my first solo mount out of school. The cuts she had in the video is what she came to me with. I was grateful for the long incision due to her skinny neck. Having to get the hide over the head portion of the form was still a bit difficult even with the long incision and stretching the cape just prior. I don’t mind sewing, it’s almost calming to me lol what I dread is ever getting a bull elk in that’s split allllll the way down his shoulders. That’s when I’ll contemplate being upset haha

@@rebeccastaxidermychannel2987 Gotcha! I cape Bull Elk out with maybe a 12 inch Short Y Cut! That’s all you really need. No Need at all for long Y Elk Unless there’s a Very Drastic turn. If sewing Calms you, that’s Cool! For me, Like The Waterboy Says- ITS THE DEVIL!! 😂😂😂

Hell yea that’s what I was thinking

Whitetail are very closely related to goats.

Cape i meant

Rose Steinsiek if you have the money, I would recommend a school. In, Texas, the school I attended is Central Texas School of Taxidermy in Snyder Texas. There is a 6 week course that I attended and a 2 week course that only covers whitetail and antler boards.

Look up “Taxidermy Univerity” theres DVDs you can purchase on specific subjects and they’re packed with information. Clint Rickey has an AWESOME course on whitetail!

What he forgot to say ill say it for him. Thanks for answering my question have a nice day.

Hair patterns mostly. Getting clay and other things loose from the hair

To better fit the shape of the skin, you see the foam forms you buy are mass produced and are all one size where as the skin a client sends in will obviously be a different size also he's doing it to give more definition as far as facial features go

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@@elbentogonzalez5073 lol i didnt notice, lmao!

(I know I’m late) Animals (much like people) do not have identical features to one another. The proportions can be different, their faces aren't always symmetrical, etc. We have to remember that these were living creatures at some point, not factory produced toys. And the molds are made for just some random deer, not custom made for the skin. So modifications make the mount actually look like an animal, instead of those bad taxidermy mounts that you see memed all the time. The first modification to the snout seemed to make it longer, because the deer had a longer muzzle. The second was either for asymmetrical features, or to make the snout wider. Possibly both.

Also, what do you use as a hide paste? Looks like caulk but in a tub lol

@@bugabee1723 or thick cake icing lol

So it would stick out to show more volume

Because I couldn’t order a manikin with the neck measurement, and the eye to nose measurement I needed, so I altered it to get it to fit correctly

(I know I’m late) Animals (much like people) do not have identical features to one another. The proportions can be different, their faces aren't always symmetrical, etc. We have to remember that these were living creatures at some point, not factory produced toys. And the molds are made for just some random deer, not custom made for the skin. So modifications make the mount actually look like an animal, instead of those bad taxidermy mounts that you see memed all the time. The first modification to the snout seemed to make it longer, because the deer had a longer muzzle. The second was either for asymmetrical features, or to make the snout wider. Possibly both.

@@kassarawolf4418 ok thanks.

Animals (much like people) do not have identical features to one another. The proportions can be different, their faces aren't always symmetrical, etc. We have to remember that these were living creatures at some point, not factory produced toys. And the molds are made for just some random deer, not custom made for the skin. So modifications make the mount actually look like an animal, instead of those bad taxidermy mounts that you see memed all the time. The first modification to the snout seemed to make it longer, because the deer had a longer muzzle. The second was either for asymmetrical features, or to make the snout wider. Possibly both.

@@kassarawolf4418 in other words you're not exactly sure but decided to answer anyway.

I’m a taxidermist too.. yes on large animals like deer but no on smaller stuff like maybe mice.

Wrong eye to nose measurement. I split in half to do the septum between the nostrils

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@@rebeccastaxidermychannel2987 Yeah i looked there its a cool store but dang is it expensive. If i bought on could i mold the manikin then cast it so i can do multiple? Thanks for the reply.

@@texastrapperoutdoors9887 I mean, you probably could mold it, but these forms are made with a high density foam that they mold under a lot of pressure. You might be better off carving or wrapping your own form using the skinned carcass as a reference to replicate. You can do cool poses and position them any way you want that you can’t buy a form for. Taxidermists used to make forms from wrapping excelsior around wooden bases. Some still do. Excelsior is also called wood wool.

@@rebeccastaxidermychannel2987 That helps alot thanks!

So I cut it down the middle (between both nostrils) and used bondo to put it back together to create a septum. The bondo color and texture it gets from the foam creates a lifelike septum. After its hardened and cured, I go back in to carve out the nostrils. The bondo creates a perfect middle line and it’s easy to see if one side is bigger than the other.

@@rebeccastaxidermychannel2987 oh word so it kinda acts like a visual reference to make sure you got the nostrils the same or "close enough?

@@texastwosteppin1680 the bondo that remains in the middle stays there and is almost like a backing to carve the nostrils with. I dig down to it through the nostrils and go along it back as far as I can reach. Uncovering the bondo gives a nice fleshy pink that you don’t have to paint onto it