I'll get the ball rolling

I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:55 pm

I haven't had the time to do any waterfowl taxidermy in a while. The most recent things that would barely qualify are a couple deer plaque mounts and a set of warthog tusks on a repro skull.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:57 pm

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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:59 pm

Some of my bird mounts I've done.
I definitely over extended the wings on the cinnamon too far forward. Live and learn.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby Olly » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:02 pm

You don't see many shoulder mounts. I like it.

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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:04 pm

Olly wrote:You don't see many shoulder mounts. I like it.

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I did it more or less as a joke and then liked it, so I hung it in my living room.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:11 pm

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I didn't mount this bird but I did shoot it. A very good taxidermist elsewhere that goes by the name duxrus asked if I would 'gift' him a nice speciman for his showroom. They shoot lots of hoodies and red breasted where he but needed the trifecta completed. He suspended the crawdad by his antenna.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3geese4me » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:12 pm

I'm getting my speck back in a month. I am beyond pumped. Your mounts look good, I agree with the shoulder mount. Not very many guys have one of those in the house.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby Olly » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:13 pm

I want one now.

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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:15 pm

3geese4me wrote:I'm getting my speck back in a month. I am beyond pumped. Your mounts look good, I agree with the shoulder mount. Not very many guys have one of those in the house.

I thought about doing one with a honker that had a white stripe above his eyes, like a uni-brow, to be a space saver.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:19 pm

I didn't mount these, they are one my brother and I shot we have down at our shop.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby assateague » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:32 pm

Only thing I've ever done. Made the plaque, also, if that counts for extra. Tripod, you ever do any dead mounts? I have a buddy that did a couple using Borax, builders foam, and some coat hangers, but he's not "real good" at explaining how to do it. That's something I'd be interested in, but can't really find out how to go about it.


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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:37 pm

I just had my brother text me a pic of the speck I did. I was really happy with how this one came out.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:50 pm

assateague wrote:Tripod, you ever do any dead mounts? I have a buddy that did a couple using Borax, builders foam, and some coat hangers, but he's not "real good" at explaining how to do it. That's something I'd be interested in, but can't really find out how to go about it.

Never done one yet, but I want to. The method is the same as any other style, but most guys say getting them to look "naturally dead" is harder than a standard pose. The biggest thing to mounting a bird is fleshing off all the fat/flesh from the skin and washing it. Wash it like you've got OCD. The materials in a duck mount are relatively cheap, you're paying for the taxi's ability, and its usually not enough.

I'll throw this out there right now for anyone wanting to try it on their own -- get a video and watch it until you have it memorized, then watch it again. After that its all gonna come down to practice. Don't throw your first mount away so you have comparison to look back on.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby JGUN » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:49 am

I have to take some more pics when I get a chance. Here is a woodduck I mounted for a friend a few years ago. He had never shot a woodduck before and this bird was sitting on our pond so I let him borrow my shotgun.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby flight control » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:51 am

Nice work 3legs. I had a real nice hoodie last season that I wanted to try, but I ended up plucking it. I watched a video on youtube of a guy doing it the old school way and I'm sure I could do it, just didn't know how long the mount would last. I might try with the next nice bird I get.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby Weston81 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:12 am

Two my Dad got mounted from last year. I have a mallard at the taxi right now, thinking about going with the banking mount like the pintail.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby Weston81 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:14 am

3legged_lab wrote:I just had my brother text me a pic of the speck I did. I was really happy with how this one came out.



That's a sweet mount, good work!!
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby Flightstopper » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:17 am

Ha I like the snow shoulder for out in the shop. Might have to look into it
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:37 am

Flightstopper wrote:Ha I like the snow shoulder for out in the shop. Might have to look into it

I was trying to figure out how to do a butt-half mount of a duck as a joke for a buddy.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby duxrus » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:14 pm

JR , Glad you didn't post a pic of my "smiling" spoonie I did for dentist ...thanks for the invite to this site. I needed another forum to join ... Haha When I get time I will post pic of some recent stuff.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

Postby 3legged_lab » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:54 pm

duxrus wrote:JR , Glad you didn't post a pic of my "smiling" spoonie I did for dentist ...thanks for the invite to this site. I needed another forum to join ... Haha When I get time I will post pic of some recent stuff.

Glad you found us Brian! And I think I did post it somewhere on here for everyone to see your handy work.
I look forward to seeing your new work when you have time.
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Re: I'll get the ball rolling

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