I normally mount my flying pheasants on a piece of driftwood and leave the wire show about 3 or 4 inches this gives me enough room for the wing on the wallside to extend out some. I have a customer that wants several mounted on a wood panel without the wire showing. I am trying to think of the best pose any help will be appreciated thanks Terry
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best to incorporate some habitat and use it to ancor your birds.
Habitat looks nice and works wonders for hiding wires. I will use anything from moss to wheat. You can also use the natural protrusions of the drift as anchor points, that way you get some clearance. Good luck, Mark www.natures-reflections.com
One of my biggest gripes, is I have never seen a piece of driftwood and a pheasant together in the wild.
I have been mounting a lot of my birds on a piece of bark or fence post, and using barb wire in the mount,I have been able to camouflage the mounting wire real well.
There is a way to mount your birds using a heavy wire in the wing attaching your bird to your bark or (driftwood) by the top of the wing.
I do not have one mounted by the wing method at the present but I do have one with the barb wire if you would like a photo of it may be on my web, if not e-mail me. The e-mail is on the web. Don
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what if you jsut ran your support wire thru the foot, out the toe or something and had it jsut touching the wood panel? just a suggestion. good luck, brian