I would like to add that this is just how I do it,there are a lot of different way to get to the same destination as it applies to getting a quality mount.
Relief holes are cut into the head to allow for the ear canals of the plastic ear liner.This is where a lot of taxidermists end up with ear butts that are "too long" or too far away from the skull.....
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And eye sockets altered to allow for the chosen eye rotation.One of my personal pet peeves with mounts,if it has bad eyes,it'll never be a good mount!! But we'll get further into that later on......
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Nose pad and nostrils,and eye skin get thinned further with a scalpel......
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Now it's time for the actual mounting to start.Plastic earliners get trimmed for size and roughed up for glue adhesion.....
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then glue is applied,and they're inserted into the ear skin......
Skin is "taxied" around to get it where it needs to be......
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Clay is added to the base of the liner to be later formed into the ear butt musculature.....
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