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<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5426171" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>IMO and the opinions of the taxidermy judges I spoken with, say a mid to high end commercial deer mount would score 90 and above. That's looking at it from a normal distance, hanging on the wall. Your not using a flashlight to look into the inner ear detail, not seeing if your inner nostril detail is flawless (though you do have to have nostril depth) not seeing if the nicitating membrane is properly located, etc. your looking for a anatomically accurate representation of your best reference, or how we interpret reference really. </p><p>You hang this deer up next to a closed mouth master division comp deer and look at them from across the room, most will not notice the amount of time it took to create a commercial deer vs a master comp deer. We are talking 10-12 hrs vs 100+ in some instances. </p><p></p><p>Also, stylization is a big thing in taxidermy. One taxidermist might create his own style, and that's ok, but it might be anatomically inaccurate. Hunters might jump all over it and think it's the best thing ever (think the big swelled neck on the McKenzie 6900, totally not accurate). Then you have taxidermist like me, who have been "trained" in the comp room, that try our best to properly interpret reference and create it that way. </p><p>You will also have people compare big Northern deer to our scrawny tick infested deer or those donkey looking SW TX bucks with droopy ears and sagging jaws. </p><p>It's a blend of objectivity and subjectivity. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]149076[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5426171, member: 10019"] IMO and the opinions of the taxidermy judges I spoken with, say a mid to high end commercial deer mount would score 90 and above. That’s looking at it from a normal distance, hanging on the wall. Your not using a flashlight to look into the inner ear detail, not seeing if your inner nostril detail is flawless (though you do have to have nostril depth) not seeing if the nicitating membrane is properly located, etc. your looking for a anatomically accurate representation of your best reference, or how we interpret reference really. You hang this deer up next to a closed mouth master division comp deer and look at them from across the room, most will not notice the amount of time it took to create a commercial deer vs a master comp deer. We are talking 10-12 hrs vs 100+ in some instances. Also, stylization is a big thing in taxidermy. One taxidermist might create his own style, and that’s ok, but it might be anatomically inaccurate. Hunters might jump all over it and think it’s the best thing ever (think the big swelled neck on the McKenzie 6900, totally not accurate). Then you have taxidermist like me, who have been “trained” in the comp room, that try our best to properly interpret reference and create it that way. You will also have people compare big Northern deer to our scrawny tick infested deer or those donkey looking SW TX bucks with droopy ears and sagging jaws. It’s a blend of objectivity and subjectivity. [ATTACH type="full"]149076[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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