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Wonderful work.
Somebody must have done a good job of skinning and salting, too.

Skinning was done well in the field. Splitting the lips and turning ears, fleshing and removing hoof bones were all done here as it came in raw frozen. Thank You, Glad you like the piece.

Fabulous taxidermy AND photography!!
Beautiful!!

Great attention to detail !

Very nice mount. So on sheep do you prefer a dorsal cut or belly cut or does it depend on the form/position of mount.
Thanks

Thanks sage. As for your question. The dorsal cut makes it tougher to test fit the skin. If we are doing a heavily custom pose and size alteration an open vent cut gives us ease of quickly putting in the skin during test fits. The dorsal works better on the stock poses.

The trouble I have seen with dorsal cuts is the salting in the field. The dorsal cut has a few places that can be missed and the rear hips becomes hard to keep salt on them if he outfitter is not careful. I have seen sheep slip or have loose hair int these area's.

A vent cut lets the skin lay much flatter and lets you get a better even coating of salt on the skin.

Both have there advantages and disadvantages. The option is usually not my choice. It mostly always ends up in the outfitters hands and what he prefers......

Beautiful.

Beautiful work, as usual!