Elise Anderson

Week 2 of Taxidermy Welcome back! I am going to be honest, I wish I had more progress to share with you guys. This second week of taxidermy has been pretty slow for me. I was gone for 4 days on a moose hunt and 1 day for District FFA, I know, no excuses, but this schedule has not allowed me to complete all of the things I had in mind for this week. I purposely assigned myself a little less this week and packed next week with lots of tasks. I planned on having the form picked out and ordered by this week, but after talking to my dad, he gave me an idea, to carve my own form out of foam. As far as the pose goes I have decided to have the quail in a flying position, probably a wall mount.  The form is one of the more important things in the starting of anything taxidermy, here are a few pictures that give you a better idea of what a form looks like if you order them pre-shaped. I did however, get to speak with one of my dad's friend who has his own taxidermy business an...

First Week of Taxidermy      - This week I looked through our freezer to see what kind of fun things we had in there for me to work on. Under an endless supply of deer capes I came across a Bobwhite Quail that my uncle originally gave to my dad to practice on. (So if I really screw up I don't really have to worry too much) :)    - After I chose what I was going to do I went online and found a few poses and habitats that I thought were cool and saved them to my phone.   - I think that for the most part I will be able to stick to my planning sheet. Some weeks I will be much more productive than others due to my schedule. I don't think that it will be too hard to catch up. I will be doing all of the work at my house so I can make time whenever I can to finish this project.