I need some pictures of a lynx mount. My son wants to have his lynx standing up on his back legs reaching for a partridge. The taxidermist requested a picture of the pose he wants. Anybody have something like that?

Your taxidermist should have no problem obtaining that photo. All he needs to do is open his taxidermy supply catalogs! McKenzie comes to mind. I know that they have bobcats in that position. There are not a lot of lynx forms on the market so he may have to take a comparable size bobcat form and alter it to fit a lynx.

I stand corrected . . . Van Dykes Taxidermy Supply has two leaping lynx forms - same style, different sizes.

Here are the links:

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01227262/

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/01227269/

Good luck!

JDS

Why do all these "taxidermist" I hear about on this site have such a problem with how clients want their trophies posed!

Don't they keep a reference libraray or as JDS said just open some catologs. I have over 50 books of different animals along with folders of animals in motion. Mckenzie alone has Bobcat, African Wild cat, foxes, and big cats all leaping. should be able to do a Lynx using those photos alone! Tell him to hand wrap a body, this way he can get some extra movement in the mount, makes a world of difference

I don't understand it

Widow - I agree. Any taxidermist worth his salt has an extensive collection of photo's and previously done work. Further, if you need material there are two very good taxidermy magazines out there - "Breakthrough" and "Taxidermy Today" that have plenty of photo's and reference material available.

Maybe the taxidermist wanted a photo of what the client wanted so he could recreate it to the clients expectations. I really like it when my clients can show me exactly what they want as opposed to me guessing.

Most forms today can be cut and altered to any pose the client requests. Given the anatomical accuracy of the forms sculpted today, Id rather cut and alter than try hand wrapping anything.

I would also charge more for a "custom" piece than a standard form. More time equals more money and if Im pulling off a one of a kind pose, Im going to get paid for it. Its just like any industry, standard work costs this much and custom work costs more.

The taxidermist is the last one paid in the hunt process and the one who's work is most scutinized. After the new gun is bought, the ammo, the new camo, the hunt paid for, the license, the tip, the travel, the meals, the meat processing, the client shows up at the taxidermist's shop. Then we try to get a deposit for 50% of the work and the guy strokes out.

it's not a case of guessing, I talk it over with the client then break out many photo's and get every detail down to a T. If he has a photo great, but I don't like waiting for that, get it pose on paper while it's fresh

hand wrapping a body can give you so much more in a mount, all my smaller critters, size of a coyote down, I hand wrap.

Try "Google", it really is a wonderful thing. If you can't find a photo of whatever animal you want on there then it can't be found.
I have an extensive library of photos for my clients to look through but often when it comes to custom work the exact pic just can't be located. In most cases I sit down and sketch out what the customer wants while he describes it to me. After a bit of tweeking they have the drawing exactly as they want it and later I can email them a much more detailed drawing for their approval.
This seems to work very well for me.

Very good point Widow.
I dont know how anyone could operate without a huge range of refrence pics.
Over here...i get clients in and they ask for a mount... say a boar.
I say ok, would you like it like this this or this, doing that that or that and they just look at me dumb founded and say "oh, can you do that"? (something i thought was standard taxidermy practice)
Thats usually when i go into overdrive with pics or descriptions.
I dont wish to talk down the taxos my clients have previously used but it seems a bit more effort on thier behalf could be put into helping the customer make a choice for a mount, .....with photos.