Full Elephant Taxidermy Mount

[micbo]

Stunning! Simply stunning. Just build the house around it or build a semi truck drive thru at both ends of the house.

Haha, exactly!

 

[micbo]

Did they split the skin to cut weight or use it full thickness? I think I saw them working on it when I visited to check on my mounts in Feb. Very impressive with ladders and hoists.

It's shaved down some in the tanning process to cut the weight. Thanks!

 

[micbo]

How do you get that bad boy thru the door?

The body separates into two pieces and the head, ears, and tusks are detachable. But even with all of that, the client still needs a fairly big door. I'm assuming they had a large double door that opened up to allow for access.

 

[IvW]

How long did it take and how many swear words?

About 8 hrs with the TLB and a lot of skinners.....had another elephant harass us most of the time and almost ended up with 2....

Getting it laid out and prepped for salting was another major issue....