WING"TIPS" # 20 Packing birds for shipping

[mark11]

There is also that "OH-CRAP" moment just when they realize they made a mistake and are transitioning from landing mode to get outa here mode and they are that close to the ground and they contort themselves dramatically. We can speculate all day as to who has and who hasn't seen a landing goose spread its feet that far, the only real question is "CAN" a goose spread its feet that far and the answer is yes it can. Since GScaup didn't put a ? at the end of the post can only assume it is meant as a comment and not a question,

WOW!...not seen many landing honkers with their legs spread like they were landing on a saddle horse.

, also can only speculate as to the intent of the comment whether negative or something else, if it was just a comment then lets not blow it out of proportion, if it was meant in a negative way then my response is "If you can do a better job on a bird, then stop being a butthole and teach the rest of us how to improve and be as good as you are, if you can't do better then stop pissing people off and learn how to be as good as they are."  The goose mount is a beautiful piece, legs and all. Mark

[wingman]

Landing birds tend to spread their webs, tail etc and do tend to contort to adjust for wind, elevation etc, I personally like to put a bit of ''action'' in the legs to make the bird look like it's ''working'' rather than having two inactive stumps waiting to hit the ground, Everyone has an opinion on positioning If I have seen something in the field that stuck in my memory I will try to reproduce that ''look'' Thats where I come up with different pose ideas along with photos out of magazines,books etc. I have mounted Canadas doing what I call ''whiffling'' when they basically roll over on their back and drop in altitude for better landing positioning NOT necessarily an attractive pose BUT certainally one they put themselves in in real life.

[SteveP]

"Whiffling"... I like that. I always called it "dumping air". Whiffling sounds cooler. I think it would be an attractive pose with many of them in different positions in an approaching flock suspended from a high ceiling like you see in a Cabelas or something like that. Although, I'd have to take a break and mount a pheasant or something to break the monotony of doing that many of one specie in a row.

[hambone]

Wingman on your fourth picture theres a rooster standing on a post, I like that curve to the back do you do that with packing or build it into the body? Hambone

[wigeon whacker]

I have mounted Canadas doing what I call ''whiffling'' when they basically roll over on their back and drop in altitude for better landing positioning NOT necessarily an attractive pose BUT certainally one they put themselves in in real life.

ya i love to watch that, the snows really get into it.

 same with the canvasbacks and sometimes the  sprig where i hunt.
 i dare you to post a picture of a mount like that and watch how many people say a goose could never do that!

[Gscaup]

OK ....sorry guys, it looks great like all wingmans work does. It just had that look that just struck me in a funny mood. I've seen a pic of that mount on here before and thought it was nice then too. I just was making a little joke,but by the response i see no one thought it was funny. I would just like to apologise to wingman for my not-so-funny remark,and add his work is always great..GS