Archive image from page 198 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 SPORT IN THE JUNGLES OF N. INDIA i6i considered clean. This custom is a great nuisance as the cut is often made so high up on the neck that the trophy is spoilt for mounting purposes as there is no neck skin left. This is the reason why one sees so many Indian trophies ruined ; for even a first-class taxidermist, in the absence of the neck skin, finds it is impossible to set them up properly. My order as to the point at which the knife was to be put in to m
Archive image from page 198 of The diary of a sportsman. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India . diaryofsportsman00steb Year: 1920 SPORT IN THE JUNGLES OF N. INDIA i6i considered clean. This custom is a great nuisance as the cut is often made so high up on the neck that the trophy is spoilt for mounting purposes as there is no neck skin left. This is the reason why one sees so many Indian trophies ruined ; for even a first-class taxidermist, in the absence of the neck skin, finds it is impossible to set them up properly. My order as to the point at which the knife was to be put in to make the meat clean was very definite and I consequently secured heads which could be properly mounted. Meanwhile I was standing over the fallen stag. He is a beautiful beast, his colouring harmonizing perfectly with his surroundings. But I never killed one without a feehng of compunction afterwards. The head in this case Was a good one, nearly clean; but not a record. The quest for that record still remained. mU- M
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