All competitors are welcomed, but we need to address an issue..... ethics and fairness? Is it fair to other competitors who did all the work on the competition piece by them self to compete against someone who had over the shoulder instructions at a hands on workshop? Well lets examine that view; if you were taking a multiple choice quiz at school and you had a tutor standing over your shoulder to tell you to pick a different answer would that be fair to everyone else, no it wouldn't so why would a taxidermist think it would be OK? The first response may simple be I did not know, and the association did not specify or have a written rule against it. If you plan on competing do what is fair and ethical, if you attend a hands on workshop or receive over the shoulder instructions, learn all you can go back home and mount a new piece for the show. This will keep you from being a one hit wonder and give others who did not get instruction the same chance you have to win. |