What's On Your Workbench 2021

I have a couple to do it all makes sense. Jumping in the deep end. I take it you wire them then insert them into the form adjust on whatever they're sitting on or position while flying. Inject let them dry and paint? From there I can figure it out.

 

Wildthings thanks for the info. I'm not to old to change the way I've been doing things. No paint on feathers will be one less things to worry about.

 

Clean mount. Nice!! You always get mature birds

 

Another Canada. I can understand why many folks don’t like them, but I do them anyway. The taxidermist down the road brings his to me because he despises them. My biggest challenge with them is making the feathers under the wing cooperate. I just mounted another one yesterday and managed to get them a little better. Does anyone have a tip for making the underside of the wing look good? I do an underwing incision and rebuild the muscle.
Blessings,
Wally

 

Groom and tape em in place. I invert my wings other than the wrist area on big birds I'll open it up to clean the meat out.

 

A little mallard action

 

Finally got to mount a bird this afternoon, a pinfeathered shot to hell, dare I say it, a black duck. Now don't label me a racist, it's the only name I know for this species of duck in

 

Black ducks matter. Good job.

 

Brooke you sure do get some beautiful fully primed ducks down your way. The only way we see ducks like that in Michigan is in the spring. Great Can

 

This afternoons bird cupped mallard some grooming to be done yet.

 

I've got a shop full of bombers, flying sandhill, flying turkeys and one strutter. wheeeeh
Dr says no shop work for at least 2 weeks while eye recovers from cataract surgery