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Turkey of the Month "December"

Discussion in 'Bird Taxidermy' started by brettdef, Dec 1, 2010.

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  1. Dec 1, 2010 #1
    brettdef

    brettdef Member

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    Wow this year is flying by. Thanks to all of you that posted last month. Great to see so many new guys and gals trying their hand at turkeys. We have been busy with deer season and have not had time to mount turkeys. I usually have most of my birds finished by now but I am only about half way there. I'm sure most of you have been busy as well. Our deer gun season ended here last Sunday and hopfully most of the mad rush is over until turkey season. For some reason we seem to get more work done in the shop from now until mid March than any other time of the year. Is this the case for most of you guys as well or is it just me? I have several birds that I have mounted but still have to finish the habitat for and will post some pics when I get them done. For those of you that have birds done lets see some pics. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and maybe that wont be the only turkey we see for a while.

    If I can help in any way please call or pm me and I will do my best to assist you.
    I really would like to thank you guys for letting me do this thread. This has been great and I have been blessed to meet several people and build some new friendships.

    A big thanks goes out to Ken for starting this site and to all of you that get on here and share with others.


    Tip of the month

    Don't be afraid to try something different

    If you do the same thing every time you will get the same result

    Pay close attention to reference the smallest things sometimes make the biggest difference in a convincing mount.

    Take a picture of your mount and look at the picture sometimes your will see something there you don't see in the mount.

    Thanks Brett D
     
  3. Dec 1, 2010 #2
    rnviper3

    rnviper3 New Member

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    bret i do the picture thing on all my mounts. it works. lots of times i see something in that picture that i didnt see after spending the hours mounting it.
     

  5. Dec 2, 2010 #3
    AOTaxi

    AOTaxi She's a keeper!

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    Great advice Brett!!
     
  6. Dec 9, 2010 #4
    Don

    Don New Member

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    Got the last gobbler of the year done. Good season for deer, 35 to complete in the next six months...
     

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  7. Dec 12, 2010 #5
    trophy mount TN

    trophy mount TN Trophy Mount Taxidermy

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    ive been working on a few lately. tryin to finish up last springs birds.
     

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  8. Dec 12, 2010 #6
    trophy mount TN

    trophy mount TN Trophy Mount Taxidermy

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    another.
     

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  9. Dec 12, 2010 #7
    trophy mount TN

    trophy mount TN Trophy Mount Taxidermy

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    another
     

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  10. Dec 12, 2010 #8
    trophy mount TN

    trophy mount TN Trophy Mount Taxidermy

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    one more.
     

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  11. Dec 12, 2010 #9
    Nambroth

    Nambroth New Member

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    I adore that preening turkey! Awesome job.
     
  12. Dec 13, 2010 #10
    DDavis

    DDavis Active Member

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    nice job on all of them , I like that preening turkey
     
  13. Dec 13, 2010 #11
    hambone

    hambone Well-Known Member

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    Good advice on trying something new I remember an old saying "If you always do what you always did you will always get what you always got"
     
  14. Dec 14, 2010 #12
    trophy mount TN

    trophy mount TN Trophy Mount Taxidermy

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    two more. the guy got pretty lucky on that gobbling bird, i auctioned off a turkey mount to the NWTF at our local chapter banquet. so hes gettin this mount which he killed for 150.00 :'( on top of that our control arms on the truck went out. and the bodyshop we took it to was owned by the same guy. so ive got to mount his 2nd bird out of work of trade ::)
     

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  15. Dec 14, 2010 #13
    full fan

    full fan New Member

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    Casey...... you should be able to get a tax foam from your NWTF chapter for the full price on that turkey, our at leas I do. You getting things around for the NWTF show in Feb.? I should have my things together for my base by the first of the year. Have to set the body up & paint feet & head everything else is ready to be put together. ;D
     
  16. Dec 14, 2010 #14
    Nancy C

    Nancy C Well-Known Member

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    My tax person told me that the only thing you can write off when you donate mounts to a non-profit organization is the cost of the materials.
    You might want to check that. Maybe it is different in different areas or maybe there is a way around it.
     
  17. Dec 14, 2010 #15
    A- Fish

    A- Fish Stehling's Taxidermy

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    Great work Casey. 8)
    Excellent preener & gobbler !
     
  18. Dec 14, 2010 #16
    Gobblingfever

    Gobblingfever 100% PEER GOBBLER ADDICTION!!!!

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    Nice so far. Lets see more.
     
  19. Dec 14, 2010 #17
    dc taxidermy

    dc taxidermy Me and My Baby's senior picture

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    Closest thing I've got to a Turkey of the week,, LOL



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  20. Dec 15, 2010 #18
    A- Fish

    A- Fish Stehling's Taxidermy

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    Osceola

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    Guld's ( customer picked out habitat)

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    Fighting Rio. I went for something a little different with this one. It is supposed to mimic the bird getting ready to jump up to "meet" the challenge of another fighting tom.

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    A couple of easterns

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  21. Dec 15, 2010 #19
    Birds Only

    Birds Only Member

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    Great work Aaron and Casey.
     
  22. Dec 16, 2010 #20
    irishme

    irishme New Member

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    Great work,
    Love the preening turkey
    Going to have to do that one
    Be well
     
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