Dead Turkey Mount

looks dead to me.
good job, nice paint job on head
nice spurs

 

If you want criticism. I think scapulars (shoulders) are too low and a little too far apart. My dead reference shows the top of the scaps touching the bottom of the copper speculum on the wing. Your's is about 1-1/2 to 2 inches low. I would also close the wings more than you did. Although I always stretch them out before taking pictures so they look almost like yours. I had the same debate about making it look too dead or grooming it too perfect. Even thought about shoving a few dead leaves in between feathers or tracts. Not a bad mount for only having done " a couple of turkeys"

 

I'm not positive but would a dead turkey still have those colorations in the head? The ones that I have seen that are dead are usually all a lightish blue or purple...I could be wrong though

 

Not to bad for only doing a few. The bird is too symetrical for a dead mount, kick tail off to one side a little, bring one wing in a little and make a slight twist to it so it doesn't look like the other one. The head is not painted right, when dead they have the same pattern of color but all color is very muted, red is light pink, blue is blueish white and dull and white is dull with a pinkish hue. Your on the right track keep at it.

 

Awesome!

 

I agree with the coloration of the head. i personally have never mounted a turkey, but do have some experience with dead turkeys. When turkeys die, the colors in their head fades quick, the red color around the neck area turns white, and i have seen that the blue color turns almost purple, as blood pools into the head. The turkey pictured was never hung up, so the colors are faded, but there isn't much blood in the head of the bird, which is why the blue color is still there.

 

Hey I think you did a great job.

 

i think the mount looks great. i have to also agree there istoo much red on the head. i would do more blues and purples and then it would look alot better. but either way its a great looking mount. heres a pic of my tom turkeys head 1/2 hour after it was harvested!

 

Great looking turkey

 

Looks great to me maybe just wanna dull head colors a littel love how you have hooks on limb

 

wow great looking mount joe. i wish i had a mount that looked that good

 

It looks very good, and I'm sure your customer will love it!

 

Looks good and dead..........awesome

 

where did you get the turkey head from?