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Any taxidermists here? Thoughts?
Posted on 10/18/22 at 9:55 am
Posted on 10/18/22 at 9:55 am
Spouse was rearranging room this mount was in and somehow managed to knock it off the wall. Thank goodness the nose and antlers are fine.
However, I noticed the corner of this ear now looks like this. Is there any simple trick I can do? To be clear, I did not do this taxidermy job and have zero experience with such:
However, I noticed the corner of this ear now looks like this. Is there any simple trick I can do? To be clear, I did not do this taxidermy job and have zero experience with such:
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Posted on 10/18/22 at 10:00 am to okietiger
Posted on 10/18/22 at 10:01 am to okietiger
quote:
Any taxidermists here?
Hell yea. The dude that did this gem
Posted on 10/18/22 at 10:05 am to okietiger
trim some ear hair or hair that you can't see on back of mount and glue it over the exposed ear form. You don't need much since that area is probably < 1"
Posted on 10/18/22 at 10:06 am to okietiger
To actually answer the question...
You could try to match it and glue in a patch of white hair. But, a taxidermist can take some from another deer and fix it nicely.
quote:
Is there any simple trick I can do?
You could try to match it and glue in a patch of white hair. But, a taxidermist can take some from another deer and fix it nicely.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 10:14 am to Clyde Tipton
Yeah I figured I could take it back to my guy but I’m sure I won’t see it for months.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 11:18 am to okietiger
What did you do to the wife?
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:44 pm to okietiger
Just put a santa hat on it where it droops over the ear. Problem solved.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:18 pm to tenfoe
That’s the only logical thing to do here.
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:33 pm to okietiger
Easiest fix for it would be to put some super glue where it's missing hair, and take a cotton ball and and put it on there then pull it off...it'll give it the fuzzy look and you can airbrush to blend it in more if needed. The "hairs" won't be as long as the rest of the actual ear hair, but it normally starts getting shorter at the end anyway. I've been doing taxidermy for 5-6 years as a hobby and picked up a trick or two along the way.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 12:35 am to RedBeardBaw
Appreciate the responses!
Posted on 10/20/22 at 8:36 am to RedBeardBaw
My question is WHY did the hair slip like that on a dried, finished mount? Something tells me the hide wasn't properly preserved to start with. Hair slip like that should never happen in a properly preserved mount.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 3:57 pm to tenfoe
quote:I had a life size Orlando Magic Shaq cutout in my dinning room. I put a Santa hat and flashing lights on it every Christmas season. I never put up a Christmas tree while I had it.
ust put a santa hat on it where it droops over the ear.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 6:23 pm to BFIV
Nobody said the hair slipped. Repair work on ears is pretty common. Deer split them fighting, rub the hair off, or just don't have much hair to begin with sometimes.
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