Everything You Need to Mount Your First Bird

Designed specifically for first-time bird taxidermists, this comprehensive starter kit provides all the essential tools and supplies to begin your taxidermy journey. Whether you're preserving a treasured hunting trophy or exploring a new craft, this kit eliminates the guesswork and gets you started with professional-grade basics.

What's Included:

• Cotton and borax for preservation
• Masking tape and electrical tape
• Spray bottle for application
• Dawn dish soap for cleaning
• Super glue and super glue gel for bonding
• Pins for positioning
• Clay for eye setting
• Sewing needles and thread
• Curved scissors and wire brush for fleshing
• Protective gloves
• Tape measure
• Scalpel handle with blades
• Drill bit for wire installation
• Assorted wire.
• Step by step video on mounting a duck.

Please Note: This is a tools and supplies kit only. You will need to purchase separately:

• Bird taxidermy form kit (including form, head, eyes, feet, and other anatomical components)
• Pan Pastel Painting Kit

Supplies needed to mount another bird after using this kit:

• Borax (Walmart/Amazon)

• Dawn dish Soap (Walmart/Amazon)

• Super glue and super glue gel (RMM)

• Scalpel blades (RMM)

• Clay (RMM)

• Wire brush (Walmart/Amazon)

• Gloves (Walmart/Amazon)

• Wire (RMM)

List of needed tools Unsupplied:

• Power drill

• Hair dryer/Pet dryer

• Needle Nose Pliers

• Fleshing Wheel (Ideal if planning to mount more birds)

• Lineman Pliers (Useful but not required)

• Vice (Useful but not required) 

• Hot Glue Gun (Useful but not required)