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Chaco1
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Post subject: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:20 am |
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I have a friend who is an excellent Taxidermist and he skinned a Pheasant in front of me in about 3 minutes and brought it back this weekend after only a month. I think he did an excellent job. He took a couple Prairie Chickens I got this season and is going to mount one for me. He always asks me how I want them done and I tell him whatever you think would look best.   Here are a few of the other birds he has done for me. A big Gadwall drake that I had done not the most flash bird but if you look close they have some amazing patterning in their feathers.  My first and best Can I have taken, we don't get many around here.  A Huge Greater Canadian that he mounted when I lived in a Trailer and had very little room. I love the way he did it.
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The Snipe Hunter
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:11 pm |
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claysmoker
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:01 pm |
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Joined: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:51 pm Posts: 4118 Location: Broken Bow, OK
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Great looking mounts!
I have a friend that does taxidermy, and is pretty good, but not as good as your friend. He did 3 ducks for me, a woodie, a pintail and a mallard. He told me that was his first, second, and LAST ducks to mount. Deer are much easier.
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Chaco1
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:13 pm |
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The Snipe Hunter wrote: The jewelry makes the canvasback even sweeter.
Skip Ok I have to be honest. That was not actually on that bird. I had it ina drawer adn added it later. I do have a mounted Mallard that was actually banded but the picture did not turn out. Will try to add it later.
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shotgunworld
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:54 pm |
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Captn66
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Post subject: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:16 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:21 pm Posts: 2940 Location: Pittsburgh
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Very nice mounts.
I agree with your comments about the gadwall. In hand, the feather pattern of a fully plummed drake is gorgeous.
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xsshooter
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:59 pm |
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Nice
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VTHokiesDuckHunter
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:08 pm |
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Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:24 pm Posts: 8095 Location: Upstate SC
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great mounts and nice photos. I love Gadwalls also- beautiful birds and very tasty! A very underrated duck for sure. Nice to see you give that Gadwall a beautiful mount that it deserves.
My favorite duck, and the best mount I have is a Black drake. I've never taken a Canvasback either - glad to see that you have!
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1100 Remington Man
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:12 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 642 Location: Upper Mississippi River
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I have to say I love the Gadwall. I have liked the pattern on a drake & have thought a pair or several would make a great mount. Nice mount.
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Frank Lopez
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:57 pm |
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Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:16 pm Posts: 4643 Location: Long Island, NY
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He does very nice work!
But three minutes to skin a pheasant? After mounting birds for over 40 years, I don't think I've ever come anywhere near that! I just mounted a mallard yesterday. The entire process took about 4 hours. Now, I'll admit that ducks are a different breed and have some "special needs", but the skinning alone took over an hour! And that doesn't count fleshing and degreasing!
Either way, the mounts look fantastic!
Frank
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67galaxie
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Post subject: Re: Got my Rooster back!! Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 12:12 am |
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Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:09 pm Posts: 722 Location: Valdosta GA
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Very smartly done with the grass and feathers blowing the same direction. Good job!
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