Bird Taxidermy ...WHY reference Photos are important. Great Horned owl taking off.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I’m sorry, I just noticed my voice over is not synced with the video specially when I’m explaining the reference photos.

[@ethanpeeler3147]

Awesome video. I thoroughly enjoyed the McKenzie cast nose and lips black bear video as well. The grizzly video was good as well. Surprised and impressed you didn’t use a cast nose for that one.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Ethan Peeler sometimes I like to challenge myself.

[@mohsenmansourian2371]

Excellent 😍

[@michaelbieda1969]

Mr. Ben, you are indeed an exceptional taxidermist. Such a pleasure to watch your videos. The questions I had we're all answered in the comments below except for one, is that a mixed breed Mallard wigeon in the background? As a matter of fact I shot one this year, and just mounted it today. First time mounting a duck with your wet skin technique. Also did a couple this week is well with your Technique noticed that they appear to be fluffier and Fuller with the finished mount. And thank you again for that cast head locking technique you have

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Hi Michael... thanks for your message and kind words, Im happy that you are benefitting from the videos, that makes me energized to keep producing more. Wet skin technique's best upside is that the skin wont dry during the work and especially when you are blow-drying and it stays moist for much longer and allows you to work much longer.. and good eye about that hybrid duck.. it is a Mallard x pintail hybrid and was in moulting condition too... I have the video of mounting it, I will upload it soon.

[@kurtisrose121]

You should do a deer or an elk video, showing everything you do to it start to finish. Not sped up or anything, because you do an amazing job on mounts!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Kurtis Rose thanks. A bunch of mammal videos are coming up anyways. if I do a start to finish deer mount video I should probably make it into 4-5 videos since the HD videos are extremely large to upload. But will consider it.

[@larrycrum7060]

Beautiful! What’s your technique for hiding the wire and staples underneath the branch?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

cut short, bend and staple flush, cover with epoxy. or bark.

[@hans-peterschlumpp928]

like your work! how do you preserve bird skin and feathers?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Hans Wildmeister has soak them in borax solution.

[@hans-peterschlumpp928]

@@ArtofTaxidermy Thank you

[@fade4695]

What do you put to replace the wing muscles? Silicone ? Clay ? Résine ?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

nothing in the middle of the wing, and cotton for the first part of the wing.

[@Benelli-ex7oq]

Nice how do you wash those feathers

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I wash them all the same way. Watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CQi3iVrLFjbMU

[@stevesmith1181]

Where do you order your supplies from? How do you measure for bird/fish eyes? Are bird eyes pretty consistent in color for each species?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

My supplies are ordered from different places depending what I need. My eyes are all custom ordered through a friend of mine who is very good at making them. And yes pretty much you can call the bird eyes colour consistent in the same species.

[@robinpanjalai3401]

Love your vids! Could you please do more Mammals

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

they are coming up. Sheep, Goat, africans etc...

[@carbonantlers5481]

I found a deceased horned owl behind my house and I was wondering if it’s legal to taxidermy it, I live in Washington. I heard that if I give it to the game warden they will send it off to be annualized to see the cause of death, but if they do that they take the whole bird apart and the skin is not useable :c I dont want to give up my owl though it’s still in our freezer until I can figure out what to do...

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

well my friend, as we speak you are in possession of illegal wildlife. Regardless of the cause of death, no one in the entire USA is allowed to keep a dead raptor of any kind. and the only exception are schools and educational facilities that can have these birds mounted .. I would put it back and call your authorities to come and pick it up... chances are it will get wasted anyway.

[@carbonantlers5481]

@@ArtofTaxidermy okay thank you for the info! I will contact the authorities.

[@FishAddicts]

what guage wire do you use for wings/legs?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

10 and 12

[@Ivory_taxidermy7910]

Can you please show us how to make the heads ?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I did upload a video about how to cast a skull, not too long ago.. look it up on my channel.

[@DustyDawnAdventures]

Have you ever done a barn owl before? I know you’ve done a fair amount of owls in your career lifetime, so I was wondering that, since they are usually everywhere worldwide

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I have mounted a lot of them in the 90s outside of Canada. But I have a couple to do in the near future that were found dead in another part of Canada that are more common.

[@DustyDawnAdventures]

@@ArtofTaxidermy Thats cool

[@fcojaviercanellasferra2522]

Why you don't use the real skull?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Fco Javier Cañellas Ferra because casted skull is much faster and I do A LOT OF THEM , no need to clean, and they won’t shrink. If you do one bird or two once in a while it’s not worth the cost to reproduce them, I’d use real ones.