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Full mount turkey??
« on: May 07, 2020, 08:17:33 PM »
Who does good full mount turkeys and what is the going rate.  I know there are a ton of variables with price but average cost.  Best way to preserve a turkey for transport from field to a taxidermist?  Thanks.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2020, 08:26:03 PM »
Best way to preserve a turkey for transport from field to a taxidermist?  Thanks.

While Momma is sleeping pilfer a set of her panty hose to slip the bird into keeps all the feathers in the same direction. :chuckle: Just head first down the leg.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2020, 10:50:09 PM »
I think I was the last or one of the last Willow Creek Taxidermy turkeys to get done. It’s one of the best I’ve seen. At the time I believe it was 850.00.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2020, 11:12:00 PM »
Nice bird!

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2020, 03:00:03 PM »
Google the birdman studios. Very impressive work
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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2020, 12:52:39 PM »
Leon Mathews of Avian Artistry did my last one for my son and did an outstanding job.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2020, 01:15:11 PM »
Here is one that was done for $99.


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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2020, 06:57:21 PM »
Looks like the customer got what they paid for.  Wow.
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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2020, 08:16:34 PM »
99$ special right there!!! Awesome!
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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2021, 04:58:11 PM »
With season getting close I thought I would bring this up again. Interested in getting one of my wife’s mounted. Anybody got any suggestions. Central Washington preferred but will drive if it’s a quality taxidermist. I was driving 3 hours to my previous one, but his wife has told him he has to get a 9to 5 with benefits so that sucks for me.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2021, 08:30:36 PM »
Or ...how about one of these..
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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2021, 08:32:18 PM »
I think I was the last or one of the last Willow Creek Taxidermy turkeys to get done. It’s one of the best I’ve seen. At the time I believe it was 850.00.

That is one of the nicest flying mounts I have ever seen....
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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2021, 10:40:06 AM »
With season getting close I thought I would bring this up again. Interested in getting one of my wife’s mounted. Anybody got any suggestions. Central Washington preferred but will drive if it’s a quality taxidermist. I was driving 3 hours to my previous one, but his wife has told him he has to get a 9to 5 with benefits so that sucks for me.
How many wives do you have? Sorry, I couldnt help it! 😀

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2021, 12:21:12 PM »
With season getting close I thought I would bring this up again. Interested in getting one of my wife’s mounted. Anybody got any suggestions. Central Washington preferred but will drive if it’s a quality taxidermist. I was driving 3 hours to my previous one, but his wife has told him he has to get a 9to 5 with benefits so that sucks for me.
How many wives do you have? Sorry, I couldnt help it! 😀

I thought it too....also thought it was weird someone was asking how to get a wife mounted!!! :yike: :yike: :yike:  This is a PG site....or so I've been told. 


With all that being said....I think tru to life taxidermy would do a great job.  He is in East Wenatchee and does fine work.  He does amazing waterfowl and upland game mounts so would have to assume his turkeys would also be amazing. 

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2021, 12:30:27 PM »
Great but how are they on people?...  :chuckle: :chuckle:
Thanks. Hopefully my wife, only one, can fill one of her multiple turkey tags with a nice Tom this year and get a full body mount of one of them.

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Re: Full mount turkey??
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2021, 08:22:04 PM »





John Naab did this one before he retired. If I was going to have another done I’d be inclined to use Birdman Studios.
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