MOUNT IDEAS

[NWPAScott]

Alright guys i need some help! I have a nice greenhead that i am getting mounted and can't decide how i wanted it done. I wondered if anyone had suggestions? Also if you have pictures that would be even better...thats if you dont mind me stealing your ideas!

Thanks for the help Scott

[Mark Spence]

Scott:

Do you have any other ducks mounted??? What positions are they mounted in?

Personally....I REALLY like the preening poses. I also like the dead mounts.

The answers to the questions above should help us give you some ideas!!!

[NWPAScott]

I have a black duck flyin on the wall and wood duck and hooded ganser both of which are just standing so far....i was thinking of maybe incoming or taking off?

[Mark Spence]

I like the "jumping" poses too....the ones where they have just taken that first jump off the water (key to this pose is good habitat!!!).

I am not a big fan of the "incoming" mounts....just too typical I guess.

[Silver Webfoot]

my pintail is in the process of gettin stuffed and hes gonna be standin on his banded leg with the other up and his heads gonna be kinda like resting on his back,,if that can make a invisible pic

[corey hendrickson]

Like Spence said, I like the dead mounts, hangin on a game loop inside a shadowbox with little hunting odds and ends have always appealed to me. I am getting my wood duck standing on drift wood, with a wing out stretched plucking a feather...just another idea

[NWPAScott]

these seem like good ideas....do you guys think dead mounts look good with one duck? and like i said...take those digital cams and snap some pics if you can?

[Mark Spence]

I am hoping to get a dead mount (collecting specimens this fall) that contains a drake wood duck, a black duck and a couple drake mallards!!!

I think dead mounts look better with a couple birds, but you could always talk to the taxi and see if he can set it up so that you can add a bird or two to it down the road.

Just a thought!

[corey hendrickson]

http://www.waterfowler.net/Artistic/dead_mounts.html


Check this place out, give you an idea of what I was talking about!

[Max4Gooser]

I like the the jump mount, or the landing mount with one foot on the gtound/water

[Midwest]

I personally like the sitting or preening poses. I think my next mount is going to be two or three sprigs hanging from a game loop in a shadow box. Here are a couple of pics of what I have.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/Midwest_416/gadwall.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/Midwest_416/weigon.jpg

[migrator00]

gotta be able to kill 'em first to get 'em mounted..and i've hunted w/ you.. :wink:

[Midwest]

We don't like to talk about that day, now do we. :wink:

[hoosierhunter]

I like the dead mounts also, that is my next mount, start building a strap of greenheads with 2 others. Look like a days limit. Good luck to you!

[bigun]

Dead mounts work for me, but IMHO it needs to be more than one duck - a mixed bag is what I have.

Also, consider a 'bust' mount. By that I mean a dog's bust with the bird mounted as the dog would have retrieved it. I'm waiting on mine to be completed by a guy in Arkansas - a Chesapeake Retriever with big greenhead in his mouth.

[takem]

mixed bag mounts are nice, i have one done with a big greenhead and a canvasback, but i also like flying and standing mounts

[NWPAScott]

Thanks for the input fellas....im thinkin about goin with the preener!!

[Jayson Wilt]

My best friend is a taxidermist, I always give him the bird and tell him to do the best pose that particuliar bird will give. And I cant say that I have been disappointed at all in the birds I have gotten back