Guest Andrea Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Let's say I wanted to take up taxidermy. What is the "barf" factor here? Waiting on the local taxidermist here is torturous. I figure if I can do it I'd learn something and save money. :confused::confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 hhhmmmm.......not bad. Doing a euro mount on a roten head SUCKS :( I think the time factor is much bigger issue than the "barf" factor :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I dunno, sometimes the smell at a local place will make my head hurt so bad I get sick if I stay long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDeerHunter Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I would say dealing with a rotten head or hide would be the biggest barf factor. The time it takes to boil and clean a skull for a euro mount would be the most difficult and time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 If the specimen is fresh, the smell is a minimal. You must be comfortable in handling blood, fat, meat and grease on a daily basis. I always try to post taxidermy How To Articles on my blog, for beginners such as yourself. PS: You might want to read this story. http://cliffordstaxidermy.com/2007/12/08/woman-opens-her-own-taxidermy-shop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Everyone has a threshold of either pain or nastiness that they can handle,the things i can`t deal with are, baby crap and vomit, lol.. As far as animal smells i can deal with anything..You have decide what is acceptable for you, your personal yuck factor.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I know I've went in to the local taxidermist a few times and had to step outside for a breath of fresh air...the worst was one spring I went in and he was working...WOW, that warm air was pushing the smells around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks guys. I had forgotten I posted this. LOL SO if I make my husband do all the nasty parts, I can handle the rest right???:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks for the article and site!! Very informative!! If the specimen is fresh, the smell is a minimal. You must be comfortable in handling blood, fat, meat and grease on a daily basis. I always try to post taxidermy How To Articles on my blog, for beginners such as yourself. PS: You might want to read this story. http://cliffordstaxidermy.com/2007/12/08/woman-opens-her-own-taxidermy-shop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 The smell doesnt bother me...But I don't have the patience. I do my own skull mounts, antler plaques, and turkey fans just because it takes so long to get stuff back from a taxidermist and I am a perfectionist and feel I do a dang good job. But I take all my nice animals to the taxidermist to get mounted (shoulder mounts, full body mounts) and the taxidermist I go to is one of the best in the state and gets alot of work and I'm VERY impatiend. I'm still waiting on a turkey from the spring of 2006 and its driving me nuts because I think it will be my coolest mount yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Time is the main reason I wanna do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Your welcome Andrea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisM Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I will second the logic that if the animal is fresh it isn't so bad! I've done about a dozen european mounts now and a couple of them were just flat out nasty!! Those are the ones that a friend found dead and wanted me to work on it!! NASTY! If it is a recent kill or you can keep it in a freezer, it isn't so bad to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blindhog Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 OH !!! I got a good one for you!!! My nephew harvested a real nice 8 pointer on the Falls Lake game lands two years ago . He was going to mount it but did not have time to find a good taxidermist so we put it in one of my mothers upright freezers .The following summer a severe thunderstorm blew through the area . Lightning struck a large pine tree in my mothers front yard while they were on vacation . A week later I went there to check on the house and cut her grass . As I rode by the back door on my lawn mower I ran into a terrible sent trail and fly's were all over the door trying to get in ! I thought that maybe someone had broke in and died in there ! So I retrieved my pistol and went in the front door . When I got to the freezer there was this sticky brown liquid on the floor in front of it . Thats when I made a mistake !! I opened it !!! EEEEUUUUUU!!!!! I promply closed the door and called my nephew at the marine base he was stationed at to inform him of the calamity. I turned the power back on and left the house . My nephew came that weekend and got the head and cape out of the freezer . I went back later and hauled it off to the dump and cleaned and sanitised the floor . That nasty brown liquid actually ate the tile off the floor . We had to throw away other food stuffs away also . A couple of our freezers had jugs of frozen water in them .The food in them was saved from spoiling . I think we will get more jugs and keep them ready for the next hurricane season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 What type of mounts are you looking to do Andrea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I cant get around the smell of a skinned out coyote. They have a very pungent odor that will stick to you and your clothes. I helped a taxidermist skin three of them out on evening, i threw my shirt away because i could not get the smell out. I took two showers after and i think i could still smell that smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 What type of mounts are you looking to do Andrea? Well I was thinking about mounting deer, but think I will start out with fish. No one around here does it locally so I think it would come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Andrea, do you have salt water near you or are inland ? There is a demand for saltwater fish taxidermy.Most are done via reproduction though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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