Here are a few pictures of some of the turkeys I've done this spring & summer.Any comments are welcome.
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your birds look better than some but I have a few ideas to help them look even better. the gobblestrut bird should have a longer neck so that it doesn't appear as he is all shoulder.We like the wattles to be flush or slighly longer than the front of the breast then we fill the loose skin below them with caulking, makes a nice flow to the neck and when the caulk sets up it is rock solid. Also when you set your wings be sure that the humerous bone is niot to long as this will pull your breast skin to tight for proper feather placement and tracking in the mounting process later on. Also when you set your wings for any type of strut, half-sttrut or gobble pose your humerous bone should angle up from the shoulder so it rests about an inch above the back of the form and lies about the same distance away from the side if the form, this will allow you to keep the wrist area of the wing back far enough that you are able to pull the lower breast feathers to their proper place. hope this helps, if you have any questions please feel free te e-mail me or visit my turkey page at http://www.hoosiertaxidermist.com/turkey_taxidermy.html