Wood duck mount - behind the scenes

[TroutandBucks]

That looks awesome Jay Great work 

[rossbowhunter]

so cool, thank you for sharing your trade, looks exhausting!

[Bucksnbows]

I've always wondered what was involved in that process.  Thanks for sharing.  I currently have a woodcock mount standing on one leg and a ruffed grouse mount flying.  That taxidermist has long since retired and he was up in NY state at the time.  He used to do a lot of museum work including song birds, and he told me how tough most birds are to mount due to that thin skin they have.  Now I can see what he meant!  Nice work, Jay.

[Integracingsr]

Very cool to see from start to finish.  Beautiful mount in the end.  Great work.  I hope to have something to send your way at some point.

[rgw]

do you alawys cut the tail off. I never did on mine

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

do you alawys cut the tail off. I never did on mine

No.. it ripped off during the process.

 

Although I do on pheasants and turkeys..

And quite honestly, it worked out easier on this duck having it separate. I fanned it out like I would have on pheasants and glued in place. Actually worked out better, I'll probably purposely remove the tails from now on

 

http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com

[Buck154]

Cool Jay

[Live to Hunt]

Always interesting to see how it's done. Great post. Your taxidermy work always looks great

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

WTF you don't wrap your own excelsior bodies?...jk cool

Lol. The good stuff can't be bought anymore. . That's old school. Now we either buy foam body or carve our own.. (see link of hand carved crow body )

https://www.njwoodsandwater.com/index.php?/topic/11838-Crow-mount---behind-the-scenes

 

http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com