Steve1983's first mount
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Nice!!!!!
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chris, your giving seminars now?
what the hell man... whens mine?
looks good man, cant wait to see it done... makes me miss school...
what the hell man... whens mine?looks good man, cant wait to see it done... makes me miss school...
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Looks good Steve!! Good job!!
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My Pleasure Steve.
Neil, Of coarse I give seminars. I don't mind giving newbies a little help to get them started. All Steve has to do now is mount a deer without me watching over his shoulder!!
Neil, Of coarse I give seminars
. I don't mind giving newbies a little help to get them started. All Steve has to do now is mount a deer without me watching over his shoulder!!
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:yeahthat:My Pleasure Steve.
Neil, Of coarse I give seminars
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Looks nice, Chris you really have to do the short y or short 7. I promise, you will wish you started sooner. I can be done sewing in less than 15min.
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Ya I know. Old habits die hard. If I can make myself a decent stretcher to save some cost I would do it in a heartbeat. I need to find a way to slow down the cure time on Buckeye Supreme, that stuff gets tacky to quick for my taste but I love the adheasion I get.
Very nice man! That is truly an art for those who can do it well. Every penny is well spent when you find yourself a good taxidermist. I know I have been burned by crapy mounts and a some very good ones as well. Keep practicing your work looks good
Ganzer
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Have you showed you Dad these pics or are you planning to "suprise" him with it? He is going to love it!!
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I have a home made one, like the speed strecher in McKenzie. It's ugly but works good. I will sell it to you for $50.00. I don't use it any more.
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A few tips (not that I'm a certified master) that has helped me A LOT!
Bondo the skull cap. It's easy to shape while it kicking whit a knife. After the bondo kicks you can bump up on one side of the antler and the left over release agent causes the antlers to pop off.
Stout Ruff the form, leaves more grooves for the glue to adhere to. Rub the glue into the grooves and then slop a hand full onto the lower neck area on the skin. Lubes the skin for easier slide. Don't get glue on the eye area.
I've never used a a stretcher, both of my hands still work fine. As long as the flesh side of the skin is wet, you should be able to slightly over stretch to aide pulling the skin over the face.
Whatdayamean old habits die hard? Kill that habit ASAP! Sewing sucks and always will! You can produce a better mount, guaranteed, every time, without the distortion than the OLD ancient way! Geeze!
After the skin is almost all the way over the bridge of the nose, set the eyes using apoxie sculpt, then use a better glue that buckeye for this area. Epo grip is good, I like the ear adhesive from McKenzie(I know from a previous post you dont care for that, but whatever) This will help to solve the problem of the hide glue drying to fast on you as well. Then set the antlers, work the eyes, taxi the armpits, blah blah, staple, trim and hang on the wall for final taxi for the day. Cuts a bout an hour or two off your day.
Just telling what works for me.
Mitch
Bondo the skull cap. It's easy to shape while it kicking whit a knife. After the bondo kicks you can bump up on one side of the antler and the left over release agent causes the antlers to pop off.
Stout Ruff the form, leaves more grooves for the glue to adhere to. Rub the glue into the grooves and then slop a hand full onto the lower neck area on the skin. Lubes the skin for easier slide. Don't get glue on the eye area.
I've never used a a stretcher, both of my hands still work fine. As long as the flesh side of the skin is wet, you should be able to slightly over stretch to aide pulling the skin over the face.
Whatdayamean old habits die hard? Kill that habit ASAP! Sewing sucks and always will! You can produce a better mount, guaranteed, every time, without the distortion than the OLD ancient way! Geeze!
After the skin is almost all the way over the bridge of the nose, set the eyes using apoxie sculpt, then use a better glue that buckeye for this area. Epo grip is good, I like the ear adhesive from McKenzie(I know from a previous post you dont care for that, but whatever) This will help to solve the problem of the hide glue drying to fast on you as well. Then set the antlers, work the eyes, taxi the armpits, blah blah, staple, trim and hang on the wall for final taxi for the day. Cuts a bout an hour or two off your day.
Just telling what works for me.
Mitch
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that looks great way to go! im impressed!!!
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thanks man!!!!!
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