Taxidermy

[MasterSolenoid]

Anybody do it ?
Anybody have it done with exceptional (or poor) results ?

My 90 year old Uncle took his Deer Head (20 point) to a Taxidermist to have the broken antler repaired.

I always thought Taxidermist were perfectionist , (that it went with the job), I guess I was wrong.
The repair had a gap of 1/32" in areas and looked terrible.

If I did the repair (I'm NOT a Taxidermist), I would have drilled and doweled, and then epoxy the broken piece on.
It would have had perfect alignment and any discoloration (at the break) would have been colored in.

Well, I rehung the Dear Hear about 10' off the floor and at that distance it's not noticeable.

My Uncle said he was charged $10 and is happy.

I was very disappointed in the quality of this guys work.

Rant over.
Have a great Weekend.

 

[Brybo86]

Did you take a picture, threads like this would be 100% better with pic of the shoddy work.

"One time a saw a guy with a REALLY bad haircut" anyone ever see something like that?

"One time I saw a car with a horrible paint job" anyone ever see a bad paint job?

 

[RDY4WAR]

I need to resource a taxidermist locally. I have a ~30 year mount of a bobcat that my dog got ahold of and chewed off an ear. I'm not even sure if they can mold an ear to replace it.

 

[John_Conrad]

hopefully the steak was better!