Band tailed pigeon problems

Submitted by Jake on 11/27/04 at 6:47 PM. ( ) 64.136.27.229

I've got three band tailed pigeons that I'm going to mount. I can't decide whether to skin the bird all the way to the beak or to make either a nape or a throat incision. When skinning all the way to the beak is there some sort of technique that works for you to get the skin right side out?
Thanks for all the help!

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Jake

This response submitted by Coyote on 11/27/04 at 7:26 PM. ( cooyote@wideopenwest.com ) 69.14.89.168

You can go all the way to the beak. The heads will turn without having to split the back of the head, or split the neck. Just take your time around the eye's and you'll be fine


Coyote


easy trick that works for me

This response submitted by jon on 11/28/04 at 12:11 AM. ( jonathan@harlequintaxidermy ) 68.184.178.161

Run a long piece of thread through the nostrils... Then you can pull on the thread to pull the head back through after you invert it.

Jon


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