My coues mount

nmtaxi · Jun 22, 2005

I finally got my coues mount done (only took me a year and half). I hope nobody minds me posting it, but I thought maybe it's okay since it's my own deer.

Bura Nut · Jun 22, 2005

Beautiful work......I really like the character/Alive look you created. Nice job...... Thanks, Allen Taylor......

stanley · Jun 22, 2005

Wow, I have to agree with Allen. That's outstanding... I especially like the angle in the bottom pic.

Great work!

S.

BigPig · Jun 22, 2005

Man that looks good. Looks like a live deer who lost his back half.

redrabbit · Jun 22, 2005

Looks real good from the pics. Muscle definition in the ear butts is shown. A litte pink in the ears for the blood. You did a great job from what I can see.

Doug~RR

Dodger · Jun 22, 2005

That looks awesome. I love the color of those horns. I'm hoping that I can get some taxidermy work done for me this year!

Lien2 · Jun 23, 2005

Awesome nmtaxi! Those sure are some pretty little deer. I should have mine back in a couple of weeks, I hope it looks as nice as yours!
Thanks for posting!

Lien2

scottyboy · Jun 23, 2005

Nice mount....
Good work.

---Scottyboy---

OSOK · Jun 24, 2005

Very nice work!

elk4you · Jun 25, 2005

nmtaxi,
Awesome job! I like the position of the ears with that turn, makes it more realistic.

Josh

Chef · Jun 29, 2005

I'm with Josh on this one...
I love the motion in the ears.
I enjoy watching them
when they do that!

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

Prism · Jun 30, 2005

Great buck and mount. Coues deer are sure cool looking!

cpugsie · Jul 2, 2005

Beautiful mount nmtaxi!!! What form did you use??

Carl

answermonkey · Jul 5, 2005

Great looking work. Hopefully some day I can get one of them little guys

nmtaxi · Jul 5, 2005

Thanks guys. I used one of Chuck Meacham's forms. He makes a great coues form. Here is a pic of the final product.

PAL · Jul 21, 2005

Very cool. You can actually "see" what the deer is thinking.... he pauses for a second while chewing, kinda staring into space while concentrating on rotating that right ear around to zero in on the source of a sound... not yet alarmed but running through the list of possible sources in his instinctual library... was that a pine squirrel droping a cone or was that nmtaxi getting ready to drop the hammer...

Talented work.

AutumnPride · Jul 21, 2005

nmtaxi,

Great looking mount! I really like how you have blended the colors on the nose and brought the mount to life. Exceptional work!

On a side note , I was wondering if could you tell me where you obtained the prickely pear for the habitat...I have a javilina that I'm building a habitat for and I'm having a hard time locating relistic looking cactus..

Thanks,

Kevin Petersen
Autumn Pride Taxidermy

nmtaxi · Jul 21, 2005

Thanks for the compliments guys.
Kevin, I bought that prickly pear from Roy Cogburn. I had to paint them and put the needles in them, but was happy with the look. His # is (505)296-2871.

AutumnPride · Jul 21, 2005

Many thanks nmtaxi....I will get in touch with him!

Keep up the Great work!....I have enjoyed viewing all of your pictures that you post here on MM.

Kevin

jakstr · Jul 24, 2005

hey looks good ...nice buck too! jakstr, someday going to get me one of those critters. (taxidermist for 13 years only mounted one)too far from the desert I guess. good luck this year. jack