Talking about what the taxidermist is calling armpit hair that is on the front right leg. I am thinking he either used a slightly too large of a mannequin or did not put the cape on properly.
I asked him about it and just said it was armpit hair and that is how it should look. Well, I disagree.
What ya'll think?
1st pic is a regular pedestal mount, second is my buck.
Yeah I've never seen anything like that before. Not sure what you should do about that but I know you spent hard earned money for that mount and I would not be very happy with that end result.
Talking about what the taxidermist is calling armpit hair that is on the front right leg. I am thinking he either used a slightly too large of a mannequin or did not put the cape on properly.
I asked him about it and just said it was armpit hair and that is how it should look. Well, I disagree.
What ya'll think?
1st pic is a regular pedestal mount, second is my buck.
Use a better taxidermist. I have clients that will take their capes and horns cause they "know a guy" then tell me the following year their mount came out bad.
I use Travis Manning Custom Taxidermy in brookshire tx. Hes right off i10 and gets mounts done fast. He always has a bunch of work in there that is completed if you want to stop by and see his work.
Travis Manning did my black buck 2 years ago and came out great. If it bothers you too much, take it somewhere like Travis and ask them about fixing it or redoing - may or may not be reasonable. If anything, bust out some scissors or trimmers and give it a little hair cut. Be less noticeable at least.
X2 on Travis Manning been to his shop work is absolutely amazing. If I get a blackbuck this year that’s where am taking it and all of my other taxidermy needs. The attention to detail was amazing in my opinion and pricing was very reasonable. He is very friendly and easy to work with. Here are some pictures of his work and these are not my animals.
I have been using this same person for years and he has always done great work. Not sure what happened this time.
I spoke to him yesterday and I am going to be meeting him next week for him to fix it.
Not sure what he is going to do to "fix" it though....
I have been using this same person for years and he has always done great work. Not sure what happened this time.
I spoke to him yesterday and I am going to be meeting him next week for him to fix it.
Not sure what he is going to do to "fix" it though....
I don't think that's a patch job. All deer are slightly different just like us humans. With that being said my opinion is he did a poor job of adjusting the skin on that mount around the brisket area. Some deer show a little white "armpit" hair on the front of the leg like in the attached picture. Do a google search and you'll find lots of pictures to back that.
I think that mannikin has a little too large of shoulders and caused the brisket area to ride up. This would cause the patterns to be off where they should align. Personally that skin should be tucked into the armpit area and only be showing white from the front
Depending on how it was preserved (DP or tanned) he may be able to soak it up and reposition it but it's gonna be tough.
If you want to get him redone I can recommend our taxidermist and get you a new cape fir free from our ranch that matches the “old†buck you shot.
Give me a shout if you want to do that.
Here are 3 he did from our lease last season.
He puts the age in the mounts. There are several other great taxidermist but we have been happy with Boxie for sure.
These are photos off of his Facebook page.
He is a wildlife photographer and spends about 100 days a year photographing Deer in the wild. Again we are very happy with what he is doing with these older bucks. Putting age and seeing deer as old as the one you shot is one of the keys to a good mount imo.
We actually sent him pictures and he goes off to pictures of the deer while they are alive. Some have closed eyes some have swollen looking eyes he uses the pictures as judgment on how to do it.
All three of these books were 10 to 11 years old just like the one you took.
It just may be it wasn’t brushed down properly once attached to form. Deer have different hair configurations as we do. It’s not that outstanding. What was it like one the ground ? Pic ? Was his brisket bushy ?
I work in a taxidermy shop a lot. What happen is he did not get the brisket area lined up properly. That light color area is the area that should be in the armpit of the deer. The skin is just off alittle likely because of a short brisket area or just not paying attention.
Well I dropped it back off with him this morning. I think he may have been a little embarrassed. He made it sound like he could fix and it and all would be good.
I will report back.
If not I will see what I can do for another cape.
Thanks
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