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FeaturedComments I'm not one for personally owning taxidermy, but I love animals and these are absolutely beautiful
 Though I'm wondering, I want to suppose that a soft mount mean that the finished animal is limp and can be posed in a way that they can generally be found in like laying down, but for ones that are in a fixed position or mount, like the running coyote, how are they made to stay that way? You don't have to go into a great detail of the process I'm just curious about the general technique. (also, again out of curiosity, does doing taxidermy ever make you want to make a taxidermy of a mythical animal or your own creation? I've seen some places have custom taxidermy for things such as mini griffons or chimeras. Do you think you would ever do one if you wanted to or someone requested that you did?)  Keep up the wonderful work!Hidden by Owner  I love your pink cross fox. The color is beautiful and the expressions on these soft mounts are adorable <3
 I can just repeat what others said: I really like your soft-mounts. <3 So nicely done and so beautiful creatures.
But I am too interested where you get your pelts from? I'm specially curious bout the Wolf and that Bear. Don't get me wrong! I appreciate the work you do! But it's allways re-assuring to know these animals weren't killed illegaly or something like that. Please understand my concern and don't feel offended or something.  Thank you kindly!
 I get the skins I work with from a variety of reputable sources; some are obtained from other taxidermists who have backstock of animals that clients decided not to mount for whatever reason (usually monetary). I also may obtain them from licensed fur dealers as well as directly from licensed hunters/trappers or licensed ranchers/farmers. All are 100% legally obtained and all the wolves for instance come with their legal CITES tag which is affixed showing proof of legal harvest and registration. Nearly all of my bears come out of Washington state and are harvested by the Native Americans that live there. Hope this quelches any fears you might have had about their legality. I deeply care for and respect our native wildlife and only support obtaining animals legally.  Thanks! |
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