At what point do y’all draw the line and say “no” when doing euro mounts for people? I just recently acquired multiple heads that were shot last season/ years past. Some were from people who planned on doing them their selves, but couldn’t stomach the smell, and some that were people that were flat lazy and brought them to me after holding onto them for years and realizing they didn’t know what they were doing. (All this being said, I am not a professional taxidermist and just do a little here and there because I really enjoy doing it. Would love to turn it into a profession at some point, but not willing to quit my good paying job to peruse it full time.) I have done some really putrid mounts in the past... some I probably should have said h*ll no to. Like a longhorn skull that had been triple bagged and left in/behind a shop all summer only to rot and bathe in its own sludge. (Turned out nice when I got done with it though.)
I add a little different “twist” to the euros I do, and I believe that’s what keeps bringing people my way. I have a buddy that is a full time taxidermist and is teaching me how to do full body mounts/ shoulder mounts as long as I can incorporate some of my skills in the mix for him. But enough rambling... where do y’all tell people, “Nope, I ain’t gonna do it.”
I add a little different “twist” to the euros I do, and I believe that’s what keeps bringing people my way. I have a buddy that is a full time taxidermist and is teaching me how to do full body mounts/ shoulder mounts as long as I can incorporate some of my skills in the mix for him. But enough rambling... where do y’all tell people, “Nope, I ain’t gonna do it.”
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