Winter Project

[btheis13]

I'm in need of a winter project, and I'm considering building my own wall habitat for my upcoming PG hunt. Here is a picture of what I had in mind. Does anyone have any insight or advice for me? This isn't necessarily to save $ from the taxidermist, but more to have something to do and it means a little more if my taxidermy has a little sweat labor into it.

 

[ActionBob]

I'm in need of a winter project, and I'm considering building my own wall habitat for my upcoming PG hunt. Here is a picture of what I had in mind. Does anyone have any insight or advice for me? This isn't necessarily to save $ from the taxidermist, but more to have something to do and it means a little more if my taxidermy has a little sweat labor into it. View attachment 631789

Love the idea! My wife likes to do crafts and says things like "why spend $1000 buying something when you can make it yourself for $1500!"

Just kidding... well, sort of. LOL

Good luck and post pics along the way so we can all share in your project

 

[DieJager]

why spend $1000 buying something when you can make it yourself for $1500!

Your described accurately my DIY projects

 

[Hunt anything]

I enjoy tinkering with habitat, when I get a mount on some sort of base I usually throw the vegetation away and buy some more appropriate looking vegetation that resemble the area from where the animal came from. To me the vegetation looks fake so I replace it with stuff from state side taxidermy supply stores.

Here is an example , I didn’t like the green stuff so I replaced it with seemed to be more appropriate looking vegetation.

Good luck with the project.

 

[Firebird]

McKenzie taxidermy supply has the supplies you need or you can build your own. I cast real rocks and create reproductions for myself, but it is time and resource consuming. It works for me as I can use the same rock molds repeatedly and use different colors to suit different projects.
One thing to consider is can you keep it clean? The more grass and dirt you add the harder it is to keep clean and unbroken . Rocks are easy to clean-

 

[btheis13]

I enjoy tinkering with habitat, when I get a mount on some sort of base I usually throw the vegetation away and buy some more appropriate looking vegetation that resemble the area from where the animal came from. To me the vegetation looks fake so I replace it with stuff from state side taxidermy supply stores.

Here is an example , I didn’t like the green stuff so I replaced it with seemed to be more appropriate looking vegetation.

Good luck with the project.

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I do the same thing. I'll take pictures of the landscape of where I shot the animal. Appropriate vegetation makes a huge difference.