In the taxidermy profession, whitetail deer have been the king of all mammal species in North America for full-service shops. Literally tens of thousands are mounted each year for hunters taking North America’s number-one game animal and trophy. With a recent article submission from Carolin Brak-Dolny and one in our files from Vincent Fleming, we felt it was fitting...

Many people have asked me about my deer noses so I thought I would share. This is how I do whitetail noses on commercial deer. As you know, there are many color variations of visible bare areas on whitetails and this is very true for the nose. The nose pad can exhibit both smooth textures and other very prominent textures. Nose color will vary, along with the color tones of...

There are several different ways to finish the nose on a deer. In this article, I will discuss a few ways to finish a nose and show one of the ways I use to finish a nose on a customer’s deer. First, you need to look at a few reference pictures to help you in the finishing process. To subscribe or renew visit www.breakthroughmagazine.com or simply call 800-783-7266.

Every serious wildlife artist knows how important the details are to a finished product. But have you ever really given much thought to how the tools you use can impact those details? Just like the process of creating your pieces, there are many steps to making a quality blade. The more you know about the blade manufacturing process, the better prepared you will be to make...