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Mother and son were suspected of drinking from an above ground pool for multiple days. Access was via pool ladder. Upon draining of water for cleaning, ladder was removed and placed next to the pool. Both were suspected of entering pool and neither were able to exit as usual. Mother was discovered in ~1 foot of water trying to escape while young male was dead. Ladder was inserted and before leaving, the mother sniffed the child and then exited. She then turned one last time while running toward the woods to look for the child.

072216 = Cut up and salted (8pm) 72º
072316 = Brushed, cleaned, and resalted (noon) 72º
072316 = Put into clear bath (11pm) 73º
072316 = Created salt bath (midnight) 72º // 2 gallons h20, 2 ounces alum, 4 ounces pickling salt
072716 = “Dog” dumped over bucket (noon) 71º // Refilled bucket with clear water
072716 = Pulled from h20 to skin. Skinned too much at times to show stipple and released skin on other side. Washed with soap afterward.
072716 = 1 gallon h20 (lightly boiled), dissolve 1/2 lb of alum, add 1 gallon of cold h20 after alum is dissolved and add 1/2 lb of non-iodized salt, let cool before adding hide
072916 = Rinsed and applied tabbing solution, fold skin up
080116 = Stretched
080316 = Stretched
080516 = Stretched

A domesticated chicken, named Pickle, had a simple life. One day a 2×4 fell and killed her. In her memory, I made a simple refrigerator magnet containing her feathers and blueberries — her favorite food.

Client wanted a conventional squirrel mount. Prop in hand is interchangeable.