I can't believe it..... (pics)


Alisha

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I called my taxidermist today at Noon to see what was going on with my squirrel and as soon as I said who I was, he said that it would be finished TODAY! :eek: Kind of ironic don't you think? :confused: He told me... give me a couple hours and you can come pick it up.... and so I did. Overall I must say I'm really pleased with it. ;) Tail looks a bit scraggly, but it was that way when I shot him. SO glad to have him home.

Opinions welcome.

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is this a special squirrel or did you just want one mounted?

This was/is the first and only fox squirrel I have ever shot... so that made it special to me.. especially since I am moving to Nova Scotia in June, where they do not have grey or fox squirrels. ;) It will definitely be a neat piece to have in our house. :D

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This was/is the first and only fox squirrel I have ever shot... so that made it special to me.. especially since I am moving to Nova Scotia in June, where they do not have grey or fox squirrels. ;) It will definitely be a neat piece to have in our house. :D

cool, i figured it might be a first. They are all over the woods at my house. I don't like shooting them because they are harder to clean. lol

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they are tougher skinned than grey squirrels in my experiences. If you don't have a sharp knife, it is impossible to undress those little boogers. Seemed like every squirrel I shot last year (not many) was a fox.

I have helped clean several in my life, and never had any trouble. Just pinch the skin on the back, make a slice, get your fingers in there and pull it apart a bit. If you have two people, it makes things easier, obviously. One person grabs the open hide on the head end, and the other person grabs the open hide on the tail end, and then you both pull. It slides right off down to the feet where you snap them off with cutting pliers. ;) Make sense? Not hard at all.

If that's how you do it, and still have trouble, then either the fox squirrels in Arkansas must be a heck of a lot tougher than ours here in WV or you just need to pump some iron. LOL. ;):p

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