Clean Your Taxidermy…They Need It

With the kids school closed we checked a few boxes off the activity list today.

One of them was cleaning the taxidermy in the house, something that should probably get done at least annually but a few years can sneak by, especially on hard to reach/take down ones.

Man a few of them were way dirtier than the looked from a distance lol

Got everything done, 7 fish, 2 bears and 9 deer. It would have been an hour and a half project, but it turned into nearly three (in a fun way).

The boys had me recount every story about every mount

Some stories were quick, some were long, but they had a great time hearing about The Six-Mile Buck (a deer that I wounded two miles into a hunt and killed four miles later), Second Chance (a buck that I missed at 9am and killed at 3pm), Freddy (for no good reason), Licker (killed him while he was licking a branch), Wrong Spot (climbed a tree in the dark, turned out I was on the wrong ridge), Batman (a buck that was a ghost), Eat Me (a bear that climbed up to within inches of my feet), Mr. Brows (a buck with huge browtines), and others. Some named, some not.

We had a lot of fun while getting something productive done.

Break out the duster (pre-clean), damp rag (wipe down) and glass cleaner/Q-tips (for the eyes).

Your mounts will appreciate it, and you’ll have fun remembering the stories.

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The adventures of B-man continue! Kinda cool to hear your plans for the boys last night and hear the follow up today. Good reminder on the taxidermy!

nice work b-man. good stuff

So………. You talked and they worked?
Good stuff!

Great day right there B-man!

We are doing a remodel.. and boy are they gonna need it when its done. Only 1 fish, 1 duck, 1 grouse, 1 bear rug and 8 deer.

Dang Bman you have taken some really ice animals, and as always love the pictures of your boys having fun.

It was a lot of fun with the boys yesterday

John, thanks for the kind words. I’ve worked my tail off and spent a million hours in a tree to kill them.

The majority of the animals are Wisconsin public land bow kills.

Last week I got to pick up my 2021 WI rifle buck, a big 10 I shot on our land. It was a long wait but he turned out great. I went back to a taxidermist I used before.

The two deer prior I had a guy closer to me do (Mounts and Memories) and the last one turned out like crap…

Mr. Brows came back slipped in a few spots, and rough looking over all.

For nice work I recommend Willow River Taxidermy near Grantsburg. He’s done a few for me and they look great.

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Man that one with the tall browtines is majestic.

nice critters B-man!!!!!! my wife is about fed up with stuffed animals and fish!!!

but i do get up enough ambition to clean them a few times a year. kind of a pain though!