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Offline WCTaxidermy

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Spoony mount
« on: March 15, 2010, 02:02:17 PM »
Hi All, here is a Northern Shoveler I just got mounted up.  I sure love these birds.  They have a lot of color to them.  Hope you enjoy the pic's.  John


 

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 03:38:18 PM »
How can we not enjoy the pics??? Awesome work as always.

Also time for you to start thinking boat maintence. About mid april should be the time for banks.


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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 03:44:25 PM »
Awesome Mount John!! I never realized how pretty those birds really are!!

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2010, 05:48:30 PM »
Great looking bird WCT!

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 06:10:46 PM »
Awesome job John. You did a beautiful job on feather placement. The pose you chose shows off all the magnificent colors the spoonies have.

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2010, 08:39:38 PM »
I have always wanted a spoonbill mount.  I just need to get a full colored one.  Very cool bird.

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2010, 12:51:55 PM »
I never thought much of mud ducks until now - NICE!
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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 07:28:16 PM »
Nice work!

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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 07:32:34 PM »
Another great piece of work.
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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2010, 12:48:02 AM »
Awsome looking mount and duck! 8)
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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2010, 01:08:27 AM »
That's an especially fine bird, especially considering the fact that they're just about the last bird to get colored up in the fall/winter.  I've seen them in early January and their heads were still partially molted.
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Re: Spoony mount
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2010, 08:29:32 AM »
Tom, your right on about the head.  That is why I took a close-up of the head.  It was a fun one to mount because I didn't have to deal with the feather loss in the head.  It's not often you get a Spoony with the head that plumed out.  That bird was shot at the end of January.  Nice to hear from you Tom.  John 

 


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