Practical Taxidermy Book

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Learning taxidermy is a natural addition to your hunting & fishing adventures. You'll be amazed at all the taxidermy projects you can do yourself at home. The setup can be minimal and the possibilities for creativity are endless.

You can learn taxidermy & it doesn't have to take alot of space. Plus, you won't need to buy a bunch of expensive tools or get a line of credit at the local taxidermy supply shop.

You can do your own deer taxidermy or coyote taxidermy in a garage, your buddies barn, heck, even a shed will do. Fish taxidermy and bird taxidermy can be done just about anywhere, even at the kitchen table. You've just got to have enough room to work on the size animal you've got.

This book has a lot of taxidermy tips and information for doing your own taxidermy mounts in no time at all. Take a look...

Table of Contents -

• THE RISE AND PROGRESS of TAXIDERMY
  
• DECOYING AND TRAPPING ANIMALS
  
• NECESSARY TOOLS
  
• PRESERVATIVE SOAPS, POWDERS, ETC
  
• SKINNING AND PRESERVING BIRDS
  
• SKINNING AND PRESERVING MAMMALS
  
• MODELLING OF ANIMALS BY SUBSTITUTION OF CLAY, COMPOSITION, PLASTER CASTS, OR WAX FOR LOOSE STUFFING.
  
• SKINNING, PRESERVING, AND MOUNTING FISH, AND CASTING FISHES IN PLASTER, etc.
  
• SKINNING, PRESERVING, AND MOUNTING REPTILES.
  
• DRESSING AND SOFTENING SKINS OR FURS AS LEATHER.
  
• RELAXING AND CLEANING SKINS — "MAKING-UP" FROM PIECES.
  
• Colouring Bills And Feet Of Birds, Bare Skin Of Mammals, Fishes, Etc. — Restoring Shrunken Parts By A Wax Process — Drying And Colouring Ferns Grasses, Seaweeds, Etc. — "Piece Moulds," And Modelling Fruit In Plaster — Preserving Spiders — Making Skeletons Of Animals, Skeleton Leaves Etc. — Polishing Horns, Shells, Etc. — Egg Collecting And Preserving — Additional Formulae, Etc.
  
• CASES, MOUNTS, SHIELDS, EGG CABINETS, ROCKWORK, FERNS, GRASSES, SEA-WEEDS, ETC., FOR "FITTING UP."
  
• GENERAL REMARKS ON ARTISTIC "MOUNTING," MODELLED FOLIAGE, SCREENS, LAMPS, NATURAL HISTORY JEWELLERY, ETC.
  
• CHAPTER XV. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS.
  
• ON NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A NEW SYSTEM OF PICTORIAL ARRANGEMENT OF VERTEBRATES
  
• RECOMMEDED READING ABOUT TAXIDERMY