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Taxidermy Photos, trout, cougar, woodduck, elk, bass
10 Saleesh Drive | PO Box 1195 | Thompson Falls, Montana, 59873
Cell: (406)531-3451 | Office: (406)827-5180
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Week Five: 8/18/08 - 8/22/08
On Monday of week 5 students mounted the mallards that were skinned and prepped last week.
In order to cover a variety of procedures, they used artificial heads for the mallards, as opposed to the real heads used last week on pheasants. Instructor then gave demonstrations on fish measuring, skinning, body carving, and fish mounting. Students followed by measuring, skinning, fleshing, & prepping their fish for mounting.
Next was the carving of fish bodies, fitting, mounting, and fin placement. (Fish will be painted next week after sufficient drying time.) On Friday morning, students worked on tweaking this week's projects, then spent the afternoon assembling their glass habitat cases.
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(Please click photos to enlarge)
mallard
Preparing mallard for mounting.
mallard
Fitting skin to artificial head.
 drake mallard
Final Positioning.
fish skinning
Skinning bass.
 fish carving
Carving fish body.
 glass case
Assembling glass case.
mallard
Sewing Mallard.		 drake mallard
Final feather placement.		 fish skinning
Skinning fish.
fish carving
Carving fish body.		 fleshing bird
Mounting fish.		 glass case
Assembling glass case.
mallard
Mounting mallard.		 mallard
Mallard before drying.		 drake mallard
Mallard after drying.
fish skinning
Skinning fish.		 fish mounting
Mounting fish.		 glass case
Assembling glass case.
mallard
Before positioning & drying.		 drake mallard
After positioning & initial drying.		 fish skinning
Skinning fish
fish carving
Carving fish body.		 fish mounting
Mounting fish.		 glass case
Assembling glass case.
mallard
Mounting mallard.		 drake mallard
Mallard after mounting.		 fish skinning
Skinning fish.
fish carving
Carving fish body.		 fish mounting
Sewing fish.		 glass case
Assembling glass case.
mallard
Early mounting stages.		 drake mallard
Finished & waiting for final drying.		 fish skinning
Skinning fish.
fish carving
Carving fish body.		 fish mounting
Positioning fins.		 glass case
Assembling glass case.
class in progress 1
Fish body carving party!		 class in progress 2
Glass cases; going over first steps.		 class in progress 3
Cases assembled, and time for Friday cleanup!

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