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Since I had decided to keep the previous gray (now named Sprite) I purchased another from the same trapper who sent me one hell of a stunning fox.
Summer coat on this fox is extremely lush, thick, smooth, and just incredible to feel alone. The boldest colors I have seen yet on a Gray. Those fiery reds and oranges on the side of the neck is only accented more by that real jet black dorsal stripe. I snagged a closeup of the lower neck/shoulders as well as the tail but no pictures will ever do this fox justice.
Trapped out of the hills of California (both this pelt and Sprite) are dwarfed by Kytt, my Wyoming Gray. Climate truly affects the coloration, texture, and size of a creature.
The skull at the bottom is from a Gray fox, and a right petite one at that. Pristine and pure white, and is only missing 3 teeth (one upper, just left of the canine, other two are forwards of the jaw on the lower (viewer) right side.)
I will not be making this one poseable I don't believe as I don't have anything of a small enough gauge for those thin legs. No LED's are planned either, juggling around the price of $250-300 when finished unless I get enough interest in having it poseable. I will not do LED's though, my battery packs are far too large for this fox!
:::NOTE:::
This fox was neither killed by me and has no holes suggesting no gun was used, but a painless euthanasia in its place.
Yes this is 100% real, considering it was trapped that would be a yes it was trapped for its fur. Yes its dead, no you will not get attention by sobbing or calling names, flaming, or throwing a tantrum. Death is apart of life, people honor death differently than you might, get over it. Anyone of the sort will get their comment hidden. If you don't like it, then leave. You should know by now what I post. Harsh? Deal with it, I'm tired of baww'ers that don't know that taxidermy IS a form of art or cannot handle themselves maturely.
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Summer coat on this fox is extremely lush, thick, smooth, and just incredible to feel alone. The boldest colors I have seen yet on a Gray. Those fiery reds and oranges on the side of the neck is only accented more by that real jet black dorsal stripe. I snagged a closeup of the lower neck/shoulders as well as the tail but no pictures will ever do this fox justice.
Trapped out of the hills of California (both this pelt and Sprite) are dwarfed by Kytt, my Wyoming Gray. Climate truly affects the coloration, texture, and size of a creature.
The skull at the bottom is from a Gray fox, and a right petite one at that. Pristine and pure white, and is only missing 3 teeth (one upper, just left of the canine, other two are forwards of the jaw on the lower (viewer) right side.)
I will not be making this one poseable I don't believe as I don't have anything of a small enough gauge for those thin legs. No LED's are planned either, juggling around the price of $250-300 when finished unless I get enough interest in having it poseable. I will not do LED's though, my battery packs are far too large for this fox!
:::NOTE:::
This fox was neither killed by me and has no holes suggesting no gun was used, but a painless euthanasia in its place.
Yes this is 100% real, considering it was trapped that would be a yes it was trapped for its fur. Yes its dead, no you will not get attention by sobbing or calling names, flaming, or throwing a tantrum. Death is apart of life, people honor death differently than you might, get over it. Anyone of the sort will get their comment hidden. If you don't like it, then leave. You should know by now what I post. Harsh? Deal with it, I'm tired of baww'ers that don't know that taxidermy IS a form of art or cannot handle themselves maturely.
Commissions for these are currently closed.
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I'd presume with laws here in the states there are laws up there too. Check yer province and perhaps hit up www.taxidermy.net in the forum section. There's a lot of folks there that sell too. Also, there's a FHB community on DA as well as Livejournal
Oh goodness no! I don't know about some ruffneck trappers, but the ones I buy from put the animal down painlessly and humanely. Also, all farmed are euthanized. Beating an animal risks damaging the fur and since the fur condition is usually held in very high regards, they want to put the animal down as painlessly and careful as they can.
You might be thinking of fur farms in China or other places outside of the US. US fur farmers are taken under a strict code of conduct with their animals, often treating them far better than most house pets. With a fox now a days they are often bred for domestication, killing those that are sick or aggressive. Beating an animal to death risks not only injury to the pelt but injury to the farmer as well as any animal will fight back, Here in the states it's death via a lethal injection (it's actually very cheap) of potassium into the bloodstream. Goes into the heart, slows the heart rate down, animal succumbs to sleep from other chemicals in injection, and it dies painlessly.
Provided the animal was trapped and there are no hoes to suggest a gunshot, it's important to remember that there are more traps than leg hold traps such as the body grip trap, which kills quickly, and snares designed to break the neck and also kills quickly. Leg hold trapped foxes are usually either dispatched via gunshot or in some cases, removed from the trap and euthanized
There are often times there will be folks that will trap off of their own property or will have carriers with them to capture the animal (in case it's the wrong species they can take it elsewhere and release it) and take it home to euthanize so t can be worked upon promptly. As weird as it sounds, it is much easier to skin an animal when it's well.. fresh, rather than fight rigor mortis.
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