BOTM July 2020

Here is one from my archive file:

 

My second bird. Definitely not that good. He is still drying.

 

This is a lesser scaup I had mounted 1 month ago. He is actually my first bird mount. I know I should have posted him here earlier, but since a lot of you guys are posting your ducks, might as well post a duck here too other than a pheasant. I know he’s definitely not as good as your guys’ ducks! And his neck looks kinda’ lumpy because I had accidentally pulled to hard on the feathers when mounting him and pulled out like almost a handful of feathers!

 

Turkeys are a ton of work and I don't get enough to feel confident in doing them. But 4 in a row gave me some experience I needed. This is the 3rd one. A Rio from South Texas.

 

A small sized Canada goose - Cackler

 

A nicer plummed woodduck.

 

A client gave me 2 Black Belly tree ducks to mount to compare the two. Why? Because one is a normal color phase and the other is a white phase. Both were so loaded with pinfeathers I gave up on the normal one but got the white phase one mounted. He said he'll get another normal one to mount. Here's the "white" phased one on a temporary mount

And this is how they were dropped in the freezer!!