Hey guys, guess I should have posted my origional post here, but I put it in hunting reports. Take a look at my before and after pics and let me know what you think about the taxidermy in that discussion.
Thanks

will do.

The mounts look OK, but they have some improvements that could have been made. The finish work looks "heavy" with black being the favored color. The ear butts aren't aligned properly. On nearly every animal, a straight line is made from the nostril, through the center of the eye and that line will line up with the center of the earbutt. I'm sure anyone who sees your mount won't notice, but this IS the taxidermy portion where we tend to have a more critical eye.

I agree with George. Another point to look at would be your ear edges. Most look like they were not turned to the edge or maybe the earliner didn't fill the ear. Another thing to watch for is unifomity in the ear and antler sets. When things are lopsided they tend to draw one's eye to the mistakes. What Kudu form is that?

That said, you should be proud of your hunt and the trophies on the wall. We can all improve and others' feedback is how we can do that. I compete in shows just to learn other taxidermists' opinions. I may not agree with them all the time, but I have learned a lot from others' input. My highest scoring deer head in competition was a POS (IMHO) that was the 2nd highest scoring head in the competition. My worst scoring head was by far the best I have ever produced (but we had a local judge who thought my mount was done by someone else and dingeg me 20 points for "lack of form originality").

thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate the comments

I think the mounts have a overall look of OK but what I noticed is the cape manes are not alligned straight esp on the waterbuck, gemsbuck and kudu and on the kudu the face also seems cockeyed in the photo. Not high end taxidermy but they will look good in a living room setting. From my experience it is not a great idea to ask taxidermists about others work as we tend to be over critical and of course see things you never would of never noticed or ever cared about otherwise. Be proud of a great hunt, nice trophies, and trip and congradulations esp. on your marriage to a very pretty gal that loves to hunt with you.