I have a full-sized mountain lion that I am not happy with...it bothers me everytime I look at it!
My question is, can I have it re-mounted? Is this possible to do?

It can be done if:
The skin was commercially tanned. Not some kind of silly shop preservative.

It hasn't been mounted very long.

The guy who's re-mounting it knows what he is doing.

You need to understand once he starts taking it apart that could be the end of it, if he re-hydrates the skin and it falls apart your done, it can't be brought back.

The cost is going to be almost double, because it will take as long to take it apart as it does to mount it.

In the long run it might be cheaper to go hunt them again and start over with a new skin.

Hope this helps

Makes me thankful for all the great mounts I have.

I'm not a taximdermist so my inputs must be taken with a big grain of salt..

Like Jerry says this is possible, but must be left to an expert.
My taxidermist have done this a couple of times. He's even remounted animals that was mounted over 10 years earlier.

Here's an article he wrote of a lion he remounted:
Remounting

Anders,

Thank you so much for posting that article. After reading that I looked through Ørnulf's web site. I liked his quote on his home page, "I am using the time the animal deserves". Spoken like a true artist who takes great pride in his work and respects the specimens he works on. The lion he remounted looks incredible!

I read in his article a procedure that he uses very similar to one I use when refurbishing old rugs to resoften and revive flexability in the leather. All in all the article was very informative and I can only assume by Ørnulf's bottom line statement that the Larry he speaks of is Larry Blomquist of Breakthrough Magazine, the leading taxidermy trade magazine in the industry world wide. I don't recall ever seeing this article so I can only hope it will be published in the future.

Thank you again for sharing this, Anders.
Kind regards,
Mary

Mary, the article has been published in Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 81.

REMOUNTING


THE LION I REMOUNTED was first mounted in 1995 in South Africa by a well known taxidermy company. A request came from one of my good customers, Øyvind Christensen from Trondheim, regarding the remount of a lion. Øyvind has hunted worldwide for several years. I got to know Øyvind in 1997, and before that, Øyvind used different taxidermists, both in Norway and abroad. Øyvind has lately concentrated his hunt on sheep and goats, otherwise he takes a trip to Africa every year.

As for myself, I started...

...Continued in the Fall/Winter 2005 Issue of Breakthrough.

I have done several remounts in the past. Most were head mounts, Deer, Elk, a couple of Moose, and several African trophies, including lifesize mounts that were not only horrible mounts, but were done so poorly they were nearly falling apart within the first year the client received them!

A lot of care is involved in rehydrating mounted specimens. The funny thing is I too use rubber cement for strengthening the flesh side of the hide. I have not used a gauze-like material as in the article, but I have used a very good, thin brushed suede leather, that has some stretch to it. This is especially good to use on hides that have some dry rot issues ... what Ørnulf calls "fat burnt".

Remounting a specimen can be done, but as all have said it must be done slowly and methodically!

John.

Maybe it's availble through backorder, Mary..?

I think he mentioned that he's in the process of writing another article. I know he's also remounted a leopard that was 11 or 12 years old.

He's a well known taxidermist here in Norway. He's got 5 different animals for mounting that I can't wait to get back home.

Thanks so much, John...have the issue in hand. I think 2005 is when I first started symptoms of CRS Syndrome. Odd that Breakthrough published 2 winter issues that year, maybe had to do with time factors with the World Show? I had an article in the first Winter Issue and shame on me as Chris’ North American Champion piece was in the same issue as Ørnulf's article.



At any rate, read Ørnulf's full article and enjoyed the additional pictures.

Thanks again John for locating the article. You and JJ are always the go to guys for things of this nature.

Kind regards,
Mary

Mary,

You are quite welcome! That's what me and my Paisano are here for!

John.