neck muscles

[Buckslayer]

my taxidermist makes neck muscles in the deers neck i think it looks awsome and so realistic anyone else do this to their mounts..

[simmonstaxidermy]

i add a little bit of muscle ,but nothing that a long haired deer will show the early archery capes will show it nicely.remember deer are not body builders.

[johnnyz]

i agree but i have also seen some that were over done and i even made the mistake myself.
simmons is right even the pefect genetic specimen in the prime or the rut will not show off too much muscle.
if you want this look as a customer then by all means ask that your taxi extenuates these muscles but be prepared for him to argue against ovedooing it, i would.
jz out

[mrlongbeard]

sitting here reading this i can look at all our mounts and they have some muscle but like you said some muscle but mostly swelling around neck from the rut.

[xtrememxrider]

John do you really mean the muscles or are you talking about how the skin had lines/waves in it from turning (like the area of you knuckles) ? If so you should post the pic so they know. I personally wouldnt consider that muscle but I dont know what its called.

[Buckslayer]

ok maybe they arent called that my on some custom taxidermist work they add the crinkles to the neck areas to make it look more realistic,my taxidermist also tilts 1 of the ears back..

[johnnyz]

yes wrinkles in the skin are 1 thing but i mean neck MUSCLES.
i will get some pics up soon to show the difference
ok im not implying anything personally here but the tilting back an ear is an easy way out of getting good balance and symmetry out of a mount
i think that that look is good
but someone does it all the time it {may} be a weakness in that taxis skills
once again im not personally attacking anyone here just making a broad statement

[johnnyz]

this is about the most i would put into a mount mostly skin wrinkles and minor muscle tones

[Buckslayer]

yes heres mine also..

[Buckslayer]

johnny your mount looks great man..i got your number

[johnnyz]

that one was not mine just a pic i put up that showed off what i was sayin

[simmonstaxidermy]

one ear laid back does not make the mount unbalanced or the symmetry off , as i have entered numerous competitions without having been docked points for not having the ears the same position.My experience with live deer have been that the ears rotate on a consistent basis ,now if they are really into listening for something they do stop for that short moment. now is it right or wrong to have them both the same absolutely not , looks more realistic when they are not the same , there are some world champion mounts that do not have the ears both in the same position. Personal and client preference for me 90% do not want them the same.

[johnnyz]

there are some world champion mounts that do not have the ears both in the same position-
probably a lot more that do-imo


one ear laid back does not make the mount unbalanced or the symmetry off-
some think it does

i do agree that deer ears are constantly rotating in search of ? danger ?
so there is certainly nothing wrong with ears in different directions
agreed it is just personal preference