TAXIDERMY

PAUL CALES, from Sandstone, West Virginia, won the Best in World Whitetail at the 1997 World Show in Springfield, Illinois. The judges of whitetail deer were Joe Meder, who won Best in World Whitetail in 1985, and Cary Cochran, who won in 1987.

Recognizing the talent of this man, DAN RINEHART photographed Paul's whitetail techniques for the deer shown at left, explaining the details of open-mouth work.

PART II: OPEN-MOUTH Whitetail Taxidermy
Featuring World Champion Paul Cales
by Dan Rinehart
sponsored by van dyke's supply

Welcome back to the second part of our four-part series focusing the work of World Champion Paul Cales. Since the first day that I stepped foot into Paul's shop, I could see that his talent and knowledge could benefit the entire taxidermy industry. My love for taxidermy and writing has blended perfectly with Paul's world-class techniques. Having combined efforts with Van Dyke's Taxidermy Supply, Paul and I are able to bring you a comprehensive article series focusing on mounting an open-mouth whitetail deer. All aspects are covered throughout this series.

In Part 1, Paul prepared the mouth interior, prepped the mannikin, placed the septum and set the antler base. Now in Part 2, Paul will be using epoxy to rebuild a solid muscle structure around the skull plate and earliners, remove the antlers and earliners in preparation for...

...Continued in the Winter 2003 Issue of Breakthrough.

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