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2024

Obituary for Lannie Ballard

Last October many of you may have learn of the passing of Lannie Ballard, a man of many talents and a long time friend of mine. Lannie lived 84 productive years and even during his final battle with breast cancer (rare for men) and liver cancer, he decided to donate his body to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in the hope that he could contribute to research...

Quail Reference Study

For the next couple issues we will bring you some bird reference and information on quail of the Americas with a strong focus on the North American species. According to the Quail Forever website, there are six native species of quail that are found in North America, and all of them benefit from the work of Quail Forever. Although these six species are similar in size,...

June 13, 2024 0 Comments

Part 3 Rattlesnake: Carving a Mannikin

Before skinning a snake I find it necessary to measure it, carve a custom form, and mold the head. Keep the snake refrigerated when not needed for any of these processes. Skin and tan/cure the skin as soon as possible and freeze it. When all is prepared and ready and the time is right mount the snake. These are my processes, but there are many ways to mount a snake. You can...

June 13, 2024 0 Comments

Announcing FSI as the Major Sponsor of the 2024 World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championships®

WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY and beholden to announce that FSI, a major vendor of polyurethane foam to the taxidermy industry, has come forward as the title sponsor of the 2024 World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championships®. Of course polyurethane foam is the principal component of the forms we mount on, use for alterations, building habitats, and numerous other projects...

April 20, 2024 0 Comments

PART 3: A Complete Study on Fish Taxidermy Using the World Show® Scoresheets as a Guideline

In part three of this series of articles, I will resume our evaluation of the World Taxidermy Championship Scoresheet and continue our reference study and discussion of body anatomy and how they relate to the art of fish taxidermy. We begin by continuing our focus on body anatomy and correctness that we started in Part 2 of this series. Keep in mind that some areas of the...

April 20, 2024 0 Comments

PART 2, SKINNING: Mounting a Rattlesnake

Reference is always of high importance and we will be offering some of that in future issues. Part 2 in this issue will describe in detail the skinning process. Part 1, which started in issue #150, covered the molding of the head and measurements of the body needed if you decide to carve a custom...

April 20, 2024 0 Comments

Reproducing a Beaver Chew

A beaver chew (the base of a tree chewed down by a beaver) reproduction can work in many of your habitat scenes for animals other than a beaver mount. It works well for many other animal mounts, such as bear, mink, otters, ducks… in other words, any other animals or fish that share such a...

April 20, 2024 0 Comments

WORLD SHOW IN ONLY 4 MONTHS AWAY

This show promises to be one of the biggest shows we’ve ever produced. The first indicator was that our host hotel sold out of rooms back in January. We have since contracted with three nearby hotels to...

Cape Buffalo Form Preparation Is the Name of the Game

With an ever growing demand for African mounts, taxidermists must be prepared to mount some of the more difficult species. A cape buffalo tops the list, presenting some unique challenges not only because of its...

WATERBUCKS: AFRICAN PHOTO REFERENCE STUDY

In this second reference study on waterbucks I have a new collection of reference from several sources.The main source will feature many of the photos taken by Texas taxidermist Chip Johnston on his safaris to...

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