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?[emoji16]

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? [emoji23]

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....