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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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A good instructional video, reference material, and good, quality mounting supplies are much more helpful in the long run than the kit will ever be.
I actually received the original skin (it was a lifesize) from a friend. I think it originally cost her about $50 (it had some damage including a slightly torn nose and a 8+" unrepairable hole in it's side, which was why I used the cape for a shoulder mount instead of doing a lifesize). Supplies cost me a little over $100 (about $60-70 in actual supplies and about $40-50 in shipping). I bought a coyote shoulder mounting kit from Van Dyke's for this particular Yote to save money but will not do so again as the quality of the kit was very poor and you are stuck with one size form. If your skin doesn't fit you are out of luck, unless you are confident enough to alter it to size. You are probably better off buying the form and supplies (eyes, earliners, hide paste, clay, etc.) separately, though it will cost you a bit more in the end (I found Research Mannikins prices for both supplies and shipping to be reasonable, Van Dyke's and McKenzie's shipping can be a bit much).
Hope this bit of information helps.
Thanks a lot, I'm looking into taxidermy as a hobby and it helps a ton to have these tips.