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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: WCTaxidermy on March 15, 2010, 02:02:17 PM

Title: Spoony mount
Post by: WCTaxidermy 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

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi648.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu201%2Fjadssh%2Fspoony3001.jpg&hash=04ac566461a481bea8fdcf07b92d3d32c4437327)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi648.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu201%2Fjadssh%2Fspoony1005.jpg&hash=e70d1dba86b8fce7492b7983a235963854991284)
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR 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.

Joe
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Post by: bucklucky on March 15, 2010, 03:44:25 PM: Awesome Mount John!! I never realized how pretty those birds really are!!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on March 15, 2010, 05:48:30 PM: Great looking bird WCT!
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Post by: muleyhunter 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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Post by: Quackwhacker 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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Post by: bow4elk on March 16, 2010, 12:51:55 PM: I never thought much of mud ducks until now - NICE!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on March 16, 2010, 07:28:16 PM: Nice work!
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Post by: h2ofowlr on March 16, 2010, 07:32:34 PM: Another great piece of work.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on March 17, 2010, 12:48:02 AM: Awsome looking mount and duck! 8)
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Post by: Tom Reichner 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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Post by: WCTaxidermy 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