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Mr. Longbeard 05-23-2006 03:28 PM

Doing my turkey
 
Getting ready to do my first gobbler... What pose do you think is the easiest to start with... I'm thinking flying and standing...

Alex The Hawk 05-23-2006 07:34 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
Standing is easier.

nctaxi 05-24-2006 09:17 AM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
Alex definetely has the experience here but I think flying is easier. Standing, IMHO, is harder that strutting because everything has to be right to look good. Side pockets, etc. Strutting you can get away with a little, flying you can get away with even more. The biggest problem I have seen is too big of a form and not pulling the neck skin up enough. Good Luck

Mr. Longbeard 05-24-2006 05:05 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
Thanks

hardcorehunter 05-26-2006 04:37 AM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
Flying birds are way easier IMO

Mr. Longbeard 05-26-2006 07:31 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
I may just do the flying pose for my first.... I smoked 2 this spring and there both in the freezer... Gives me 2 to experiment with...

nctaxi 05-27-2006 12:19 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
there are some fine videos on the market and if your serious about taxidermy, Breakthrough magazine usually has an article on mounting them. I can look up past issues for you if you need it.

Mr. Longbeard 05-27-2006 09:53 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
I had a subscription to taxidermy today... And it had a lot of articles on mouting turkeys... I also bought the break through bird taxidermy manual plus a few video's from cally morris and ed thompson... I'm hopeing I did my home work:D

I guess the mount will tell the story... I just got all my stuff in the mail the other day. so I'll be doing it in the next week or so...

nctaxi 05-30-2006 06:18 PM

RE: Doing my turkey
 
Post pictures and let us know how it turned out. Good luck.


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