Skeletons.

Haha I bet it does smell

A lady at work saw the deer in the back of my truck, so I had to explain :o

Well today she came in with this!!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/06/u5e3a6ug.jpg

She said "I thought you might like to have it". Freaking score!!!

Those horns are almost as wide as my truck.

Thats sick 3skulls!

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A lady at work saw the deer in the back of my truck, so I had to explain :o

Well today she came in with this!!


She said "I thought you might like to have it". Freaking score!!!

Those horns are almost as wide as my truck.

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Freaking score is right! Haha, awesome addition :P

I was so excited when I found out the new travelift operator at work also went around picking up roadkill in the area (she's also got years of collecting in her freezer!). I trade feathers for the occasional skull or carcass to clean. She's also a great source for finding the odd fossil, at 40 some she has a couple decades on my familiarity with the islands

Good to know there is more of US out there :p

Dude soo jealous over that bull skull! Mine the horn parts always seem to be off them but I think it's cuz my cousin throws them in his pond.(the fresh skulls) driving my work van I passed a looked like a brush wolf body with a big eagle eatting it I so wanted to pull over take pics I'm gonna go back Friday when I'm off and see if the wolf still there i want that skeleton!

dammit...epic horns there dude!!!

Wish I had more space right now to get into some of the skull stuff I want to do :/

Cant wait to move!!!

I can't wait to have a house my trailer is awesome but i need more space. Snakes and rats need own room and I need a room for skeletons haha with a table in the middle for putting them together :). Give me a four bedroom house with a nice basement and a big garage and ill be happy.

Carlson...sounds like you need a lot of space, land, rooms and man cave-iness in general dude!! lol

I've recently been working with foetal skeletal remains, and thought this was cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0d36dfd945.jpg

Here's the right half of a mandible and a scapula, all in the palm of my hand!

This is from a foetus in the second trimester.

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I've recently been working with foetal skeletal remains, and thought this was cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0d36dfd945.jpg

Here's the right half of a mandible and a scapula, all in the palm of my hand!

This is from a foetus in the second trimester.

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Wow. How are you getting to work with that?

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Carlson...sounds like you need a lot of space, land, rooms and man cave-iness in general dude!! lol

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Haha yes I do! All my girl friends (the just friend kinds and the gf kinds) tell me that my trailer is like the man house of man house. I'm always building so my kitchen and dining room are a wood working area so that drives girls nuts too. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/07/8udejupy.jpg here's my entertainment wall haha

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I've recently been working with foetal skeletal remains, and thought this was cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0d36dfd945.jpg

Here's the right half of a mandible and a scapula, all in the palm of my hand!

This is from a foetus in the second trimester.

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Wow that's cool what's your job? The structure of the human body is cool as crap ever since I started medical field I've wanted a full size human skeleton

I'm actually a student (and I've worked in Archaeology).

I'm taking a class right now called Bioarchaeology of Children, which is essentially Subadult Osteology.

I had to get my head around touching children and fetuses (especially since infant skulls look like aliens), but it's turned out to be really cool so far.

That sounds like a fun class I almost went the science route but not enough funds with my student loans

I ordered two paintings the other day. First one is an already done painting its a small 4x4 it'll come framed up nice gonna put it among the skull collection once I get them in their final spot. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/16/y4ejepe3.jpg the other one is a 16x20( both are inches) it is one i had him paint for me not sure what itll look like its fire fighter themed with a skull that's all I told him and let him have control he's got a cool darker style good at skulls and that so excited to see my other one

It's great to see other bone/skull collectors :) I have a pretty good collection going of skulls and bones. Some skulls I have are opossum, raccoon, deer, feral cat, coyote, and more. Our house is full of tanned hides and bones everywhere; I use them for crafting. I also tan hides at home for family/friends who hunt, and for myself, and am teaching myself taxidermy.

Be sure to check out your state and federal laws on certain species parts. It's pretty nitpicky and specific, what laws are out there.

Degreasing is a pretty important step that a lot of people leave out when cleaning skulls and bones. If you just take a beetled skull and paint it, it might look good, but there's trapped grease inside of the skull that can seep out. Even with a coating of paint, it's better to get rid of that grease instead of having it around your house. Degreasing involves a long Dawn dish soap/water soak in heated water.

Bones and skulls are fun! I will close with a few pics of my environment :)

This is my second taxidermy squirrel. I had to sculpt the form for its head and left arm, because the ones attached to the original premade mannikin were too small. Skin was harvested by my cousin and tanned by me.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...551e692804f392

Here is a pure white piebald deer backhide that I tanned for a friend. The human skeleton is a cast replica, as they are not legal to own here in NY without medical permits of some kind. You can also see the first taxidermy squirrel mount that I did, on the doorway :) My goldfish tank is also visible; I love those guys. And my kitchen, which luckily as cleaned when I took the pic; lol.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...52e4e6d53354cd

Here's the face of an oddball raccoon piece that I am working on. It was harvested by my cousin and I tanned it at home. I used a real coon skull and glass beads for the head mannikin, and may either make the body stuffed, or into a rug.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...17272756_n.jpg

And this is my favorite piece. It is mostly made of feral cat bones, but has a few red fox and raccoon bones in it as well. It is Not anatomically correct, and I sculpted it more to be decorative. You can see a great example of a bone with left-in grease in the cat's leg; see the discoloration? I know; practice what I preach; I bought this skeleton already-cleaned, though, and it is art, so oh well; lol!

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...95725070_n.jpg

That first squirrel pic is awesome! :gj:

Nice! One day I want to learn how to mount a skin, when I got more time ha. I've been thinking about running a trap line again if Im aloud to have one by my place. Lot of big coons, some mink and martins in the woods behind me

Thanks Mike!

I would love to live in a spot again where we could hunt, and trap. I have my cousin to get me stuff, for now. Hide tanning is a very rewarding hobby. It took me awhile to get a good soft tan, but through trial and error, it happened. I still hate degreasing raccoons though; greasy critters!

My best works to date are a whole fox, and almost-whole deer blanket (no feet or tail, although I have the tail separate; it was just accidentally severed.) I am still learning how to mount a deer head; have most of the supplies here, but I have to get a few more before I begin. :))

I seen a huge coon at my trailer park the other morning I thought it was a dog until I seen the little bandit face ha.

lol! They can get huge.

Those are kewl! The goat skull is really awesome. Ive always wanted a fox skull, still kicking myself for not picking up the one i saw at the ren faire for $15...:rolleyes: I dont really have the patience for cleaning and putting together skeletons myself. Ive only ever pinned large moths and butterflies, and a few other assorted insects like cicada killers and beetles. Ive always (and still) wanted a mounted red fox. A real nice one tho...cuz ive seen tons of really crappy mounts.

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Well done mounts look so good. I wanna have a wolf mount that's my goal some day ha

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Well done mounts look so good. I wanna have a wolf mount that's my goal some day ha

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Awooooooo!

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Idk what it is, but i have a thing for the TAIL lol. I have quite a collection of gorgeous fluffy fox tails, coon tails, coyote tails, even a skunk tail and i have a mink tail as my cell phone charm! I love to feel and pet them. Is that wierd? Lol

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I'm sure most people who look at you as weird. :p

I don't think the people posting in this thread can talk much.
I have a skull, bones or animal pretty much anywhere look in my house. The roofers must have loved the rotting deer in the backyard

Oooh and I found a whole coyote the other day :)

Lucky I've been hoping to find something cool like that!

I'm going back to check on it in a couple of weeks :)
Made a rock grave around it so nothing would come drag it away.

Hopfully some magots come eat some of it up for you. I like burring for like six months but that takes forever to see an sometimes it's not long enough

It was covered in dermestids and flies :)

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I'm sure most people who look at you as weird. :p

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Yep. I was called wierd ever since i was a kid. I still get called that. But i dont give a sh***. Its the way i am, an i like bein me. Wierd. :p
Im sure all of us here feel the same way :D go us!


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Haha I tell people when I meet them, I'm weird and I'm very stubborn and very thick headed so we can be friends but you gotta understand my weirdness and stubbornness. Noone listens specially girls they just stare at me not listening then couple weeks go by an they complain bout it an I'm like I warned you!

Its ok Nick. We all love you here.:D

Yay!! Haha your all my friends :)

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Yay!! Haha your all my friends :)

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Sometimes i feel like this place is like my second "virtual" family lol

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Sometimes i feel like this place is like my second "virtual" family lol

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Haha ya you all are funner to talk to than lotta real life people I know and if someone here annoys me they can't keep anoying me if I ignore their posts haha real life not as easy

But Nick, we are real life people! :rolleyes:

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I am a real life people too

I'm not Im a ghost!

I'm a velociraptor

I'm a t rex and ima eat chuuuu

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I'm a t rex and ima eat chuuuu

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You can't catch me.

I'm a coleslawasaurus!!!

Imma Archaeopteryx...cuz I luv feathaz.

Any of you guys ever watch that show "Immortalized"?

I seen one can't member what one it was tho

Don't have cable :(

Gonna pull my bull skull back outta the ground soon trying to figure out what I wanna do with him. I've wanted to try the painting then mounting, would make sense to do it with a skull I can get any time I want too. Just not sure how hard it would be an if I'm gonna screw it up or not