The King went back home to the Rockies. Bighorn sheep of Waterton lakes National Park.

[@LordRusty5]

Ben, you did a masterful job honoring 'The King' ... is is just such a shame he cannot be truly enjoyed by visitors the way he should be!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thanks John … appreciate it. I hope people will keep bugging them to bring it down to the main floor where it was originally planned for. Right now you need to take your binoculars to see it.

[@mitchkrasinkiewicz9497]

Great job Ben. You truly brought that big boy back to life. Keep up the great work !

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thank you Mitch.

[@muhammadinadghazwan4675]

Good job it looks great after all, but I think it's very high to see You look great Ben congratulations for this awesome work

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Agreed. They should bring it to the main floor.

[@evanwile2455]

I saw him while I was in Waterton over the labour day weekend. You did a great job! I really wished they’d have had him down at a lower level so everyone could have seen him better.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thanks Evan for watching. Yeah man don’t remind me. It still hurts thinking about it.

[@Zombiemma88]

He looks amazing! I should head that way on a trip n see this beautiful ram! I'm just a few hours north sk that's not a stretch

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thanks Jeff. Take your binoculars with you. 😐 they have placed it so high up you can’t see anything. They changed the plan last day 😢

[@Zombiemma88]

@@ArtofTaxidermy aw for crying out loud why so it can barely be seen!?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

@@Zombiemma88 I know.. but its in their hands now. Maybe if many visitors bring it to their attention they eventually bring it back downstairs.

[@Zombiemma88]

@@ArtofTaxidermy oh I'd definitely say somethin haha like cmon people wanna see the artwork put into it!

[@faegrace7313]

Such a shame he's all the way up there, but stunning work as always! I've absolutely loved seeing the process on this one.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I know its way up there.. hopefully they change their mind and bring it back to the main floor. Cheers

[@20020x]

You are a Master

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I don’t see it like that but Thank you very much. 🙏

[@philipcochenour5223]

Very impressive mount great job I'm curious about what the king scored

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thank you. I have no idea aboit the score. But the Park was supposed to let us know that number and haven’t yet.

[@scottstonebraker8416]

AWESOME work as always Ben.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thanks.

[@garytatterton9461]

Fantastic mount as usual wasted opportunity to display so well, I've had the same happen to me after all that work!! There choice we don't lose sleep over it. We'll done

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thanks Gary.

[@joseluisbarquero7472]

Maquina. Tienes que estar orgulloso de tu trabajo. Enhorabuena.

[@addy1235]

Love all your videos and this series! I had a question, how do you deal with that specific meaty smell afterward? I always get so ill from the smell and can't eat until a day later, so what are some tricks to clean out the smell left in your nose if you know any?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Well first I’m not sure if I know what smell you are referring to ? The meaty smell after fleshing a raw hide ? Second : my sense of smell is not worth a crap anyway 😂😂😂

[@salti3155]

ohh yes I would like to know that too. I think its the smell of the fat / oils in the skin. also, literally any other unpleasant smell... I did a deer hide that was left out for a couple days.... man... it stank like hell, but the hair hadn't really started slipping yet so I went for it anyway. I could smell it for 2 days after that.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

@@salti3155 well that kind of smell is not pleasant to anyone...when it comes to wolves, bears, badgers and coyotes,, things will get worse,, specially wolves,, they naturally stink and its very hard to work with.. I guess all you can do is use a heavy duty mask and spray some deopdorant on it from the outside... there has been animals that I hated to work with

[@salti3155]

@@ArtofTaxidermy I had never considered the natural stench of an animal to be bad, only the smell of decay. good to know.

[@petegonzalez9854]

I agree, Where it was set up doesn’t show its true size. On a better note you knocked it out of the park Brotha Ben!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Honestly i tried to encourage them more than 10 times to stick with the original plan and gave it displayed on the main floor. Now people need to bring their binocular to see the mount. 😏. If I knew it’s going up that high end could have come up with much much more suitable ideas

[@stevesmith1181]

Did they determine the cause of death?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Nothing I’ve heard yet even if they did.

[@PYTHON7403]

How old was this ram?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

15 if I remember right.

[@shuswapoutdoors]

Beautiful work but that is the wrong pose for that spot! Hopefully they move it down!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Already asked them 10 times.

[@shuswapoutdoors]

@@ArtofTaxidermy too bad, it's hard to appreciate such a beautiful animal and amazing taxidermy from that far away...

[@peterheinz9569]

Wow what a stupid place to put that mount

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

If I knew it’s going to be displayed that high I had a ton of different ideas that would make it pop. Now you need a binocular to see it from the walk in floor.

[@wendellshaw8164]

Great job, poor placement for show, it needs to be down at eye level so visitors can see the tru majesty of this ole boy, I know it’s not your choice as to where the park wanted to display it but needs to be on main floor

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Hopefully if enough people bring it to their attention they eventually decide to bring it back to where it was originally planned for.