Beginners Video Course
This is a comprehensive 14-hour video taxidermy course, featuring easy-to-understand procedures developed especially for beginning taxidermy students. Join World Champion taxidermists Sallie Dahmes and Bob Elzner as they demonstrate each step-by-step taxidermy project.

The course begins showing the complete procedures for three different types of deer foot novelty mounts, skull cleaning and preserving, an antler mount and a deer rump mount. During these projects, the basic principals of taxidermy are introduced. The second tape teaches about skinning and tanning, with complete step-by-step demonstrations of snake skinning and tanning as well as mammal skinning and tanning. In lessons three through six, the student advances into complete mounting projects including squirrel taxidermy, duck mounting, fish mounting and deer head mounting. In each lesson, the entire project is presented from start to finish, with easy-to-understand instructions and sharp close-up photography.

The 12-hour course (first six DVD videos) is now available for only $99.95. Or if you wish to order individually, choose any single lesson for only $19.95 each.

Lesson 1: Taxidermy Projects. With Sallie Dahmes and Bob Elzner: This introductory tape familiarizes the novice with common taxidermy procedures as it helps to build confidence. Inculded are step-by-step demonstrations for six novelty projects; mounting a deer foot thermometer, a deer foot gun rack, a deer rump novelty mount, skull cleaning and preserving, and a deer antler mount. Item number DVD01.

Lesson 2: Skinning and Tanning. With Sallie Dahmes and Bob Elzner. The technology of tanning is revealed in this detailed explanation of modern tanning procedures. Join bob as he demonstrates skinning and fleshing a rattlesnake, tanning the skin, pinning, oiling, and finishing the snake skin on a double felt border. Also covered is the skinning procedure for a small mammal (raccoon), followed by salting, brine/pickle, tanning with Lutan F, oiling, breaking, and softening. For the final project on this video, a full deer hide is tanned for a rug. Item number DVD02.

Lesson 3: Mounting a Fox Squirrel. With Sallie Dahmes. World Champion taxidermist Sallie Dahmes is one of the best taxidermy instructors that we know of. In this long-awaited video, Sallie demonstrates the complete skinning procedure, fleshing and preserving the skin (with dry preservative), mannikin prep, mounting, sewing, grooming, and simple finishing procedures for beginners. If you want to start off on the right foot, then this tape is an excellent place to begin. Item number DVD03.

Lesson 4: Mounting a Wood Duck. With Sallie Dahmes. Sallie Dahmes, author of Breakthrough Bird Taxidermy Manual introduces you to the facinating art of bird taxidermy with one of our most beautiful taxidermy subjects, the wood duck. Sallie demonstrates skinning, fleshing, dry preservative, mounting with a natural head, feather adjustment and grooming, and finishing with water-based paints. Item number DVD04.

Lesson 5: Mounting a Largemouth Bass. With Bob Elzner. World Champion Bob Elzner (who is the only person who has one the National Taxidermists Association's Best All-Around Taxidermist Award for two consecutive years) shows how he skins, mounts and airbrush paints a largemouth bass wall mount. Along the way he explains fleshing, eye setting, fin carding, and fin backing. Item number DVD05.

Lesson 6: Mounting a Whitetail Deer. With Sallie Dahmes. This is undoubtedly the finest tape ever offered for the beginning taxidermy student. Top-rated instructor Sallie Dahmes presents the entire procedure from skinning the deer to finishing with waxes in this comprehensive video. If you ever wanted the learn "the right way" to create a beautiful shoulder mount deer, then you can't do any better than with this lesson. Sallie covers skinning out the head, fleshing, dry preservative, earliners, antler setting, sewing, eye sculpting, and much, much more! Item number DVD06.

All Six Videos Above--12 Hours Total. With Sallie Dahmes and Bob Elzner. Join world champion taxidermist Sallie Dahmes and Bob Elzner as they demonstrate each step-by-step project. Includes all six videos listed above for a special low price. The entire 12-hour course (all six videotapes) is available for only $99.95. Item number DVD99.

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Lesson 7: Mounting a Flying Pheasant. World Champion Sallie Dahmes hosts this compelling and comprehensive demonstration for mounting a ringneck pheasant in a flying pose. Includes complete step-by-step procedures for skinning, fleshing, wiring, mounting, grooming, finishing and posing. Must be purchased separately. Item number DVD07.