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Antler Series
- Antler Tine Rebuilding
- Antler Tine Replicating
- How to Create an Antler Mount
- Staining and Finishing Repaired Antlers
Bird
- How to Measure Birds
- How to Mount Turkey Forms with Poseable Drumsticks
- How to Mount a Turkey Tail
- How to Use Artificial Bird Heads
- Spring Turkey Field Care
Chemicals
Deer
- Final Cape Prep-Splitting and Turning
- How to Choose the Right Tools for Mounting a Deer Head
- How to Skin and Cape a Whitetail Deer for a Shoulder Mount
Display
- How to Use a Convertible Reproduction Skull
- How to Use a Reproduction Deer Skull
- Wood Panel Finishes
Ears
Eyes
Fish
Form
- Form Alteration
- Hide Measurements
- How to Measure Forms
- How to Mount Turkey Forms with Poseable Drumsticks
- How to Mount a Pronghorn
Habitat
Jaw
Paint Schedule
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Photo Release Form
Product Instructions:
- Ammonium Sulfate
- Bactericide Instructions
- Blood Eater
- Blood Release
- Cutafix A
- De-Hairing with Calcium Hydroxide
- Feather Curler
- Flexible Fin Finish
- Form Paste
- Fur Brightener Instructions:
- Hair Control
- Hide Relax
- Horn Stain
- Instant Preserve
- Kilz Odor
- Lactic Acid
- Magnesium Carbonate
- Oropon
- Oxalic Acid
- Preservz-It Instructions
- Silicone Rubber Instructions:
- Sodium Bicarbonate
- Sodium Carbonate (Sal Soda)
- Sodium Sulfate
- The Eliminator (TM)
- Van Clean
- Van Dyke's Disclaimer
- Van-Wet 9N9(R)
Tanners
Taxidermy Tips
- Airbrush Tip:
- Antler and Horn Mounting Plates
- Bird Feet Injection Fluid:
- Bird Flesher
- Boiling Skulls
- Dry Powder Chemicals
- Field Care for Birds
- Field Care for Fish
- Fish Head Factory How To Measure
- Game Fish Warm Water Series Tip
- Horn Removal
- Measuring Flex Eyes:
- Ordering a Deer Form Tip:
- Reptile Eyes Tip:
- Tanning Oils
- Taxidermist Earliner Tip:
- Using the Salinometer
- Van Dyke's Whitetail Mounting Kits
How to Measure Forms
Reference information on how to measure life-size forms, gameheads and measuring capes.
How to Measure FormsEye Reference Chart
Van Dyke's Cross Reference chart for fish eyes, bird eyes, African and exotic eyes, and our handy millimeter sizing chart.
Eye Reference ChartWood Panel Finishes
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