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Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: Claims Rep.] #816216 01/10/14 06:20 PM 01/10/14 06:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 39,582 Marshall County FurFlyin Freak of Nature
FurFlyin Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 39,582 Marshall County	Originally Posted By: Claims Rep. Originally Posted By: BhamFred Originally Posted By: TIME_KILLER08 I got my last one done at Hart's beautiful mount but the nose cracked and there is some kind of glue on the rack, I guess he was in a hurry if the nose cracked it wasn't prepared right before mounting...wasn't thinned enough. I've always been told that the eyes and nose were the two things that weren't real. That they couldn't be saved. ??? The nose is the real skin. The nose pad is a very thin piece of skin. One little slip and you have a hole in the skin. The meat is not as easy to flesh away from the nose as it is the rest of the hide. If the taxidermist leaves any meat inside the pad, the nose will deform, pull, crack or whatever. You can cover the nose with epoxy sculpt and roll a tool across it that makes the imprints of a live deers nose on it, but I'm not real fond of it. If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #816229 01/10/14 06:29 PM 01/10/14 06:29 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 743 Dothan, AL WidowMaker10 4 point
WidowMaker10 4 point Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 743 Dothan, AL	Locally, I would use Williams (Melvin is his first name I think) in Headland. My next one will go to our very own Artistic Whitetails as his work is among the best in the business. I've also been to Stan Gross's shop and his work is very good...award winning I believe. �The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It�s your mind you have to convince.� - Vince Lombardi

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #816268 01/10/14 07:27 PM 01/10/14 07:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,280 Pike Co. A ACT3 8 point
ACT3 8 point A Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,280 Pike Co.	David Collins is down around Dothan now. He does a great job. Let me know if you need a number. Any of y'all other posters on this thread know of him?

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #816293 01/10/14 10:36 PM 01/10/14 10:36 PM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 55,220 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen James Freak of Nature
James Freak of Nature Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 55,220 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen	Nice.. Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #816297 01/10/14 11:53 PM 01/10/14 11:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,472 Chilton County Morris Poppa Jon
Morris Poppa Jon Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,472 Chilton County	Congrats

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: FurFlyin] #816306 01/11/14 02:24 AM 01/11/14 02:24 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 757 N. Alabama W WARPhEAGLE 4 point
WARPhEAGLE 4 point W Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 757 N. Alabama	Originally Posted By: FurFlyin It would be a little bit of a drive but Lynn Hammock between Auburn and Tuskegee is very, very good. He mounted the first buck I killed with a bow over 20 years ago. It looks as good today as it did the day I picked it up. Longevity is the mark of a great taxidermist. No lip separation, no curled ears, no problems at all. Another satisfied customer of Lynn Hammock. I didn't know he was still around, He mounted a bass for me around 1980 while I was at AU that still looks good to this day. I had other fish mounted by others in that same time frame that have long been gone.

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: globe] #816638 01/11/14 09:46 AM 01/11/14 09:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 204 HENRY COUNTY AL T TIME_KILLER08 OP 4 point
TIME_KILLER08 OP 4 point T Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 204 HENRY COUNTY AL	Originally Posted By: globe Holy Twin Towers Batman!!! I'm seeing double! Great deer buddy.......s. Thanks ! And thanks everybody for the help with the taxidermist. I'm gonna give it a lot of thought before I choose one

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #820615 01/14/14 08:58 AM 01/14/14 08:58 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 204 HENRY COUNTY AL T TIME_KILLER08 OP 4 point
TIME_KILLER08 OP 4 point T Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 204 HENRY COUNTY AL	Well I just dropped my mount with the cracked nose off at Harts' he's gonna fix it.

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: FurFlyin] #820649 01/14/14 09:34 AM 01/14/14 09:34 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,900 tampa,fl slayinbucks24/7 10 point
slayinbucks24/7 10 point Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,900 tampa,fl	Originally Posted By: FurFlyin It would be a little bit of a drive but Lynn Hammock between Auburn and Tuskegee is very, very good. He mounted the first buck I killed with a bow over 20 years ago. It looks as good today as it did the day I picked it up. Longevity is the mark of a great taxidermist. No lip separation, no curled ears, no problems at all. Ive been very happy with the buck my wife killed that lynn did and have personally seen another club members trophy room with roughly 20 of lynn's mounts done over the last 2 decades and they all still look great. Another vote for Lynn Hammock

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: slayinbucks24/7] #821004 01/14/14 02:08 PM 01/14/14 02:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,768 West Blocton ArtisticWhitetails 10 point
ArtisticWhitetails 10 point Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,768 West Blocton	One brought in to "fix". Here is the dandy noser method fur flying spoke of. Whoever came up with this stupid crap should be beat with yekruts stick! "As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee"

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #821057 01/14/14 02:36 PM 01/14/14 02:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 369 grant D doc bar 4 point
doc bar 4 point D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 369 grant	Bud jones tallapoosa ga. Around 60 years experience

Re: Need a good taxidermist [Re: TIME_KILLER08] #821201 01/14/14 03:58 PM 01/14/14 03:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,694 Bay Minette, AL S scrubbuck 10 point
scrubbuck 10 point S Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,694 Bay Minette, AL	I'm familiar with Lynn Hammock near Auburn and Chad Cooper in Pace. Both do superb work. If I ever get a fish done, I'll probably make the 4 hr drive to let Lynn do it (best I've ever seen). Chad mounted one for me in 1994 that still looks great today. If I'm getting an animal mounted I sure ain't going to just "try someone out". The good ones will have PLENTY of good reviews.

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