I've read you can dehydrate and preserve small birds (starling size and smaller) by inserting the glass eyes, positioning them the way you want them and ...
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Rigemortis
Feb 19, 2002 5:41 am
you should use non iodonized salt.<br>try to form the birds how you want them in the salt. Because as they dry they will stiffen. <br>The idea to dry something...
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gangoror
Mar 10, 2002 6:06 am
I suggest using borax instead of salt or you will get dermestid beetles....
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pwhite91941
Mar 29, 2002 6:25 pm
Hi everyone, I am new to this club, but I think you are you are the solution to my problem. Recently, a friend of mine was riding his mountain bike in the ...
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rigemortis
Mar 31, 2002 9:36 pm
Taxidermy suppliers accually sell kits for mounting squarels. The kits come with instructions and enought chemicals to tan the hide. Also it comes with a body...
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jburdorff56 <jburd...
jburdorff56
Jan 10, 2003 3:03 pm
Hi! I saw the name of this group and thought maybe you can answer a few questions I have. One of my hobbies is collecting bones from roadkill after they've...
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Paulette Tumara
ptumara
Jan 18, 2003 3:48 pm
Hi My name is Paulette. I live in N Mid MI. I raise Shetland sheep and have various goats that I spin and knit the wool from. I recently lost a young Nubian...
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spaz200332 <spaz20...
spaz200332
Feb 21, 2003 6:05 am
... writen by GERALD J. GRANTZ called home book of taxidermy and tanning that book has every thing that you will need to do the job right there is a hole...
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George <bard385@.....
bard385
Feb 24, 2003 9:49 pm
Hi; There was some mention down the group about squirrel mounting. Please forgive a obvious plug but you might want to check out my site at: ...
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anyaodessa2000
Aug 29, 2003 1:18 pm
Hello I am new to group and after ead some of the messages I thought I should comment on the squirrel mounting question,,,,sso I put a picture in the photo...
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ray philbrook
spaz20042001
Aug 30, 2003 3:14 am
welcome to the group i am a squrrel hunter an hunt for reds year round an will be hunting for bushytails as of monday an ive helped my friend do some taxidermy...
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anyaodessa2000
Aug 30, 2003 2:23 pm
- Hello Here is a link to my site with some big birds, mostly raptors is what I specialise in, these are found in remote places of Siberia and as far as...
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makowsky003
Sep 9, 2003 5:13 am
Hello Just wondering how to stop receiving daily e-mails from yahoo group. Thank you....
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anyaodessa2000
Sep 13, 2003 4:03 pm
Hi all if anyone is interested you can see my Raptors at: http://www.anya-of-odessa.com/taxidermy__raptors.htm Best wishes Anya...
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roadkillandtaxidermy@...
Oct 26, 2003 10:09 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the roadkillandtaxidermy group. File :...
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collectordigs
Dec 6, 2003 9:50 pm
Hi - I'm making some weird sideshow gaffs out of taxidermy pieces, and one of them was a 'Fiji Sea Monkey' that I made out of latex, a small anatomical...
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taxidermychick67
taxidermychi...
Jul 2, 2004 6:31 am
I know I'd probably get in trouble if I asked people to post on here, but I live in Alaska where the only roadkill is the occasional cat or dog, and anything...
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ray philbrook
spaz20042001
Jul 2, 2004 10:00 pm
hi what type of animals are you looking for to work with?? usally the road kill lay's around until some other animal comes out to eat it i live in vermont my...
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samrey6664
Jul 19, 2004 10:59 pm
Hello, I am a graduate film student at the University of Southern California who is directing a thesis documentary on the art of taxidermy and life...
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Victoria Arundell
baphomiss
Sep 25, 2004 2:21 pm
hi, ive just joined. ive always had an interest in taxidermy but lacked the time or the resources to do it. though im thinking of a project right now that i...
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Keith
kehollyfield
Oct 7, 2004 4:14 am
cool group just starting out in tanning hides and furs any info would be great...
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Keith
kehollyfield
Oct 23, 2004 3:32 pm
just starting out. i have been reading about bark tanning has anyone done this i have a sawmill close by and i can get all the white and red oak sawdust that i...
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Victoria Arundell
baphomiss
Oct 25, 2004 2:19 pm
hi, were seem to be the only ones here recently. ive never tried it but i would think that most of the tannin would be in the bark itself. i have no idea about...
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Keith
kehollyfield
Oct 30, 2004 2:57 am
i just came across 13 ibs of sumac also have my oak sawdust soaking have make 4 gals so far it is a nice dark coffe color...
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wodensson
Nov 1, 2004 3:51 pm
As far as I know it's bark only. I did this once, and grinding the oak bark into powder was very time consuming, but it worked well, although the skin was...
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wodensson
Nov 1, 2004 3:54 pm
And here I am! A lot of the furs I've tanned actually came from roadkill, and I like to think the little critters have a measure of immortality now as my...
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wodensson
Nov 15, 2004 4:57 pm
I always like this time of year. Cold enough that I can pick up a run-down racoon without getting fleas, but not cold enough for freezing my traps. A few...
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WetnWaitin18
nikole.g.michaelson56...
Nov 17, 2004 6:02 pm
Hey people! I am pretty new to the group and I don't mean to be annoying, but I wanted to let all of you know I finally got my webcam back. It took a while to...
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evillordforyou
Dec 4, 2004 6:07 am
plastinationbetterthanaphoto-subscribe@yahoogroups.com This is another way to preserve a creature for ever....
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wodensson
Dec 13, 2004 4:16 pm
My g/f and I recently got a very old peice of taxidermy, and it was quite dirty. We figured out a way to clean it safely, but I'm wondering if anybody here...