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Atlantis Resort: fish bigger than the kids, Paradise Island Bahamas

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:25:28 +0000

http://ourvideosite.com/View/V2507 The Dig; fish bigger than kids.

Duration : 2 min 7 sec

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Macro-genetics

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:25:15 +0000

Duck

Duration : 29 min 41 sec

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Pheasant Taxidermy Questions?

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:59:35 +0000

I shot my first pheasant and i was wondering if it will ruin the bird if i store it in a vacume sealed bag i am getting it stuffed in the next 2 weeks. Is it a bad way to store it?

Cogratulations on shooting your first pheasant. And…congrutulations on having enough brains to know how to ask questions when you have any doubt.

I used to practice Taxidermy myself. I probably would have taken it up as a profession, but I just didn’t feel like dealing with "dead things" all year long. Plus a taxidermist’s busiest time of the year is hunting season – when I’d rather be in the woods hunting.

Ok, so this is what you do my friend…

1) Take some cotton. Any kind of cotton balls or whatever. Like the kind the stuff they put in some asprin or vitamin bottles. Just some old discarded cotton or new cotton. Gently open the bird’s mouth and stuff the cotton into it’s mouth and possibly down it’s throat. Don’t overdo it. But do it.

2) Make CERTAIN you do not have blood on your hands. Then, smooth-out the feathers on the bird. Make a sort of "tube" out of some old newspapers. You don’t need a lot, but you need some.

First, wrap the bird gently in some paper towels. Take care to wrap the a bit of paper towel around the body and under the wings.

Next, place the bird head-first into the tube. Take another sheet of newspapers and wrap it around the body of the bird, and fold the wings over that. You basically want to cover the entire bird in newspaper.

The end result will be a pheasant that looks like it’s ready to be placed in King Tut’s tomb. Yes, a bit of a loosely fit newspaper mummy.

3) Place pheasant mummy into a sealed bag. Then place this gently into your freezer.

What are we trying to accomplish here?

By placing cotton inside the mouth/throat AND using paper towels and newspaper around the body, we are trying to make sure that any BLOOD from the bird will not soil/damage the plummage. The cotton and newspapers will prevent the blood from ruining the feathers. Blood on the feathers is very very hard to get out.

Also, by wrapping the bird in newspapers first, it gives it an extra layer of padding before it goes into the freezer. The bird will, of course, freeze solid. But with the newspapers in place, this will keep the body in a more "correct" position rather than "flattening-out" when it is placed in the freezer.

This all goes without saying – don’t place anything atop the bird while it’s in the freezer.

NOTE! Pheasant tail feathers are generally very long. Take extra care that you don’t break the tail feathers when removing the frozen bird from the freezer. Frozen animal parts are more brittle when handling.

Dan McKie & Fish Dont Dance – Blow @ Egg, London

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:44:19 +0000

Dan McKie headlining Blow @ Egg, London. Later joined behind the deck by Lloyd Chapman for a Fish Dont Dance DJs Set. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 1 min 12 sec

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What genus of dermestid beetle is widely used for taxidermy?

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:35:09 +0000

I googled it and I found that most of them are considered pests but can also be useful for preserving bone specimens. I’m considering it as a subject for our synthesis paper.

Dermestes maculatus is usually the best to clean flesh from bones as it is easy to keep colonies in captivity. You can just use Bluebottle maggots – they do a good job at cleaning bones.

Fish hunters_mpeg4.mp4

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:06:33 +0000

Fish hunters

Duration : 37 sec

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How long does it take to taxidermy a pheasant?

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:28:13 +0000

How long does it usually take for a taxidermist to get a pheasant (flying positioned) stuffed and back to you?

Haha what does this have to do with Canadian Football?

Rattling in BIG Whitetail Bucks November 5 ONLY on HawgNSonsTV

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:54:27 +0000

November 5 2009 Lake County Illinois 6:55am. Wind WNW 6mph. 38 degrees. Clear, Barometer 30.32 Steady, Fullmoon 97% of the Moon is Illuminated.Rattling in BIG Whitetail Bucks in November . I rattled the antlers at dawn & by 6:55am a small 9 pointer came from the West through the slew bed when over to the South tree line to check scrapes and than back North my way through the corn to the edge of the field I am set up on.He to a good look at the deer decoy and got a whiff of the James Valley dominant buck lure that I had circled the property with and ran off to the South West through the slew bed back to where he came from, He stopped to look back at about a 100 yards out and was gone! It was about 15 minutes late when I seen the nice main frame 9 pointer that has a sticker point on his Left G-2 traveling East between the tree line and the corn field to the South. He also went into the woods to check scrapes in the same location the 9 pointer did. He than came North through the corn field, up the same trail that the small 9 pointer did. This nice buck was not intimidated by the deer decoy or the dominant buck lure. He came within 10 yards of my blind but I let him walk. He proceeded to circle the field not responding to the grunt that I was trying to get a reaction out of him with Although my scent was blowing directly to him he did not seem the least bit bothered by it. he than headed North across the yards to the corn and West down the tree line……Captured ONLY on www.HawgNSonsTV.Com

Duration : 6 min 20 sec

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Big Illinois Whitetail Bucks July 17 ONLY on HawgNSonsTV!

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:49:29 +0000

July 17 2009 Lake County Illinois, 6:18am. Wind WNW 11mph. 58 degrees. Partly Cloudy, 20% Chance of Rain Barometer 29.83 Steady. Hunting Big Illinois Whitetail Bucks with a video camera. I went to the swamp this morning hoping to see the Big buck in the June 27 video. Unfortunately I didn't see the Big buck I hoped to but I did see a few of the other nice bucks in velvet that I have videos of this summer and a doe and her fawn….Captured ONLY on www.HawgNSonsTV.Com

Duration : 1 min 40 sec

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Quick Clip 4. Nov 8 Big Whitetail Buck ONLY on HawgNSonsTV!

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Quick Clip 4. November 8 2008 3:37pm Big Northern Illinois Rutting Whitetail Buck. Caught this broken antler Buck in pursuit of does…ONLY on HawgNSonsTV!

Duration : 51 sec

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