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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Dustin07 on January 26, 2010, 04:34:21 PM

Title: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Dustin07 on January 26, 2010, 04:34:21 PM: I posted this on the other forum, but hadn't dropped any pics of it over here yet. I'm really happy with how it turned out all in all. This is the one i shot in missouri. the following tells the story.. -16F, flash blizzard, only about 3-6" of snow but the drifts made some roads too deep to drive. we referred to the hotel with love as "the bates", LOL. there was no snow when we arrived on Thursday.

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hotel tub BEFORE anyone used it...

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nice, you can barely even tell that's not OEM!

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before
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laying down the sneak

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I see you!

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bam

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and this makes it all worthwhile...

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not only that, but last Saturday my wife hung the mount above up on the wall for me while I was up hunting here in WA:

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Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Dustin07 on January 26, 2010, 04:36:28 PM: one more for fun. the car froze the ground while we were at lunch one day, LOL

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Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: jordano on January 26, 2010, 04:51:11 PM: wow great pics! thanks for sharing! great mount!
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Dustin07 on January 26, 2010, 04:53:30 PM: thanks man. I've spent a lot of time chasing snows in Washington this year and I'm glad I opted to get that Blue mounted as you jsut don't really see them up here.
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 26, 2010, 04:58:40 PM: I've been chasing a few of those up here. Cool looking bird and they blend in with the flock really quick as they start cutting to land.
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Dustin07 on January 26, 2010, 05:00:57 PM: yeah I really like the coloring between the eagle head, and that triangle blue patch towards the tail. pretty cool bird.
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Snowgoose1 on January 29, 2010, 09:16:07 AM: Thanks for the pictures, really nice looking mount.
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: Rudy on January 30, 2010, 12:27:46 AM: Good lookin mount, congrats!
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: washelkhntr on February 01, 2010, 08:20:27 PM: Congrats! That is a good looking mount.
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 01, 2010, 08:41:47 PM: great looking bird
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: johnsc6 on February 07, 2010, 08:11:33 AM: sweeet bird
Title: Re: Blue Snow Mount
Post by: boneaddict on February 07, 2010, 08:13:56 AM: I love that mount!