Lessons in Taxidermy - A Comprehensive Treatise on Collecting and Preserving all Subjects of Natural History - Book V.

By J. Elwood

This fascinating book is the fifth part of a series of books which provides a detailed and easy to follow guide to collecting and preserving a wide range of animals. This part concentrates on mounting game heads, and includes the chapters: 'Mounting Game Heads', 'Care in the Field', 'Skinning the Head', 'Skinning the Ears', 'The Face', 'Fleshing the Skin', 'Care of the Skull', 'Mounting Deer Head Over Home-Made Manikin', 'Centre Board', 'The Base Board', 'Building the Manikin', et cetera. The perfect handbook for taxidermists interested in mounting game heads, this book is a must-have addition to any taxidermic collection. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Northup Press
• Release date: Jun 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9781528762755

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LESSON EIGHTEEN

Mounting Game Heads

There are two distinct methods of mounting game heads:

1st. Mounting them over manikins which you can construct for yourself. 2nd. Mounting them over papier-mache head forms.

Both methods are discussed in this lesson. It is a little cheaper for you to manufacture your own manikins, but on valuable specimens we recommend the papier-mache head forms, for this insures a good job, even if it is your first specimen.

There is hardly another branch of Taxidermy that possesses so much interest and gives such satisfactory results to the beginner as does the mounting of game heads.

Care in the Field

When the specimen has been secured in the field the first thing to do is to carefully note the color of the eyes, the shape of the neck and face, and in general make such observations as will assist you in reproducing the specimen as it is in