tomgobbler

Why can’t your taxidermist do it ? That’s part of mounting the bear is putting it all together for you ……he mounted a bear for you but didn’t put it on the base you wanted ? You wanting something special ? Special wood ? Just the base / wood part in the picture , or the base and all the rocks and scenery as well ?

Ok I can’t take it anymore - I’ve got to share a reminder - QUITE CUTTING THROUG THE ARM PITS AND BRISKET ! the cut goes down the BACK of the leg , ( or even better yet TUBE THE LEG) but the hair pattern changes and give you a perfect line to follow , down the BACK OF THE LEG , Not the front and not close to the arm pits….. most animals Have very little hair there and a cut or hole is hard to sew without being seen . I Have lots of guys leave me hide clear to the tail but then no arm pits or brisket …. Look at a mount , there is quite a bit of hide from the cowlick ( were the brisket starts ) down the brisket towards the belly ….. like 6”-10” depending on form and species …… sharing a few pictures of a beautiful coues deer cape , with wrong cuts ….. circle shows brisket gone ….. well it’s actually there but that piece of hide is on the shoulders , if I pull the hide all the way around you can see were they cut straight up the middle of the brisket and front of legs …. When gutting an animal stop when you hit the front of the brisket bone …… The pic with the red lines is were the cuts should be made , down the back of the legs ….. the middle all should be one piece …… do your self and your taxidermist a favor and pay attention to your cuts ….. this is a very very very common mistake on hides coming in …… I won’t get into the faces in this post , but we also need eye lids and lips to make a good mount 🤣 good luck to all of ya with tags !

Watched a meadow with 18 bulls in it this evening- there was 4 different pairs fighting at the same time & they weren’t play fighting either , they were going at it hard , tongues hanging out ….. it was crazy - never seen anything like it , that many at once ….. all bulls would of fit in about a football field .

No they dont hunt mule deer, and they can’t bring any of the Texas exotics to the Arizona ranch …… just a mount i finished with that weeks work. thanks jeff and hector -& for all the other thoughts and prayers on my behalf . Much appreciated! . It’s been a journey a very blessed and every painful & very humbling journey , but yea im starting to get back on my feet a little , a long ways from 100% - but im getting there day by day . Thanks to all

Tony - no I’m not affiliated with with the ranch , I just get a good amount of the harvests / taxidermy work that come off of it . bigtub asked how they were doing - & so I just set answered the question that they were staying very very busy & passed on information and a few pic of the types of animals that come off of the ranches - but no we are not connected . thanks Tommy

They are very successful in their operation . They opened an additional ranch in Texas for more exotics . the Arizona ranch has hog, about every kind of ram imaginable- Buffalo - watusi - longhorn - water buffalo - ….. their Texas ranch has scimitar oryx , black buck , Audad , Huge whitetail ( 200+) fallow and I’m not sure what all . but they stay every busy ! not sure why my pic are sideways feel free to fix them if you know how .

One of the pair following us .

It took 22 bonus points for my son to draw a Goulds tag- one of my friends had a Rancher that he had helped with some work that had some birds on it that was going to let us hunt - well between the draw and the hunt the ranch sold and new owners wouldn’t let anyone on it. So we were at square one going into the hunt . however after looking at the map and talking to the same friends we found a spot we figured had some birds with public access - and were able to get it done opening day. That was after having a mountain lion trail us down a wash - and seeing the blackest rattle snake I have ever seen . And then on the way home that night seeing the big fire between Eden and Fort Thomas . Another great day spent with some of my boys . 10” beard - 7/8” spurs - typical Gould’s snowy white tips. if anyone can turn pictures lease feel free - I still havnt figured that out .

Thought ide share a “white” buffalo with everyone - not really white per se, but really cool coloring regardless .

Hey chef javelina hair works great for tieing flys - ive got a guy in Wyoming that ties for a big shop , & he contacts me every year to get a left over piece , cause it works so well . txt me your shipping adress if you don’t get what you need , I’ll send ya some stuff.

Yea you’re not the first one to see “Cape buffalo “ - ….. but yea just a “Texas style “ water buffalo …..

Thought ide share a water buffalo -I finished , dont get to see them everyday- Have no idea why pic came sideways - someone feel free to turn them

Just finished up this bull for a client - Ive never seen blonde stripes in velvet before - this was the main one but the same shape and pattern went up the brow time about 4 times , getting fainter and fainter as it went up towards the tip .

Any coues capes in your freezers that your wife is tired of moving around to get to the steak - had a couple clients go to Mexico and not get across the border with their capes .

U can shoot a cow for about $3k at the hunting ranch in woodruff - have a hide - skull and get it processed how you want -