haha! I've never seen that episode, but I did see the one where he went to a rendering plant.. that was pritty bad, lol. I think Dave has done a fox before. We have a variety of animals in the deep freezes right now, a couple coyotes, foxes, bobcats, about 8 deer or so, a few birds to practice on (he is wanted to learn how to do birds (alot of turkey hunters around here asking about it) and the fawn my mom brought to me over the summer. It had been attacked by her dogs and died before I could find someone who could help it. I think it died for internal injuries. I remember spending hours in the bathtub pulling magots out of its wounds , I felt so bad for the little thing. It was only a day or two old. Instead of burrying it, Dave put it in the deep freeze . I think he is going to do a half body mount on it. I'm anxious to see how it turns out. I am wanting to do a bobcat soon, I think it will be hard to make it look good though. I see alot of crappy taxidermy out there, lol.
Fish are done the same way all other animals are, they are skinned and then the cape (hide) is processed. and as always the eyes are glass. After it is dried it is spray painted to bring the color back to the scales. All the skin and fins are all that is real. Or you could cheat and just order a replica. lol. That's what I would do anyways.