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Youth hunt mallard

PostPosted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:51 pm
by Johnc
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Re: Youth hunt mallard

PostPosted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:30 am
by Rick
Clicking the mouse on them somehow puts those photos right side up. And make's it plainer that you need a bigger garage.

Re: Youth hunt mallard

PostPosted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:24 am
by Deltaman
Great pose John, that kid will be proud!

Re: Youth hunt mallard

PostPosted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:39 pm
by Duck Engr
Beautiful pose John.

I’ll start this by saying the only thing I know about avian taxidermy is my taxidermist’s address and who to make the check out to, but out of curiosity, how is the head done? Is there a foam insert that you shape to your specs or is there just a preservative process? Follow up question would be was this a local “bread eater” duck? Seems like he has a big body for his head size, like I’ve seen on local ducks who have put on a few too many lbs around the waist like I do around Christmas time. Might just be the angle of the photos giving that impression.

Re: Youth hunt mallard

PostPosted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:52 pm
by Johnc
Just a big greenhead

I dry them down to the down feathers before mounting. Makes them fluff out smooth.

As far as head. It’s artificial and I dremel down to proper skull size