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Does anyone have a mount like this? If so - can you post a pic - I had a turkey mounted in full strut but the taxidermist did a horrible job - like his first jobever on a bird- I plan on taking the tail from the mount and the beard - being that it was a 28 pound monster with a 12-13 inch beard that makes any brush look small I hate for people to go - what is that a prehistoric version of a wild turkey? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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I don't blame you for wanting to correct that mount based on it's size. Just for $hits and giggles, would you mind posting a picture of your prehistoric mount?

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Sure thing zubba - It will take a couple of days - maybe this weekend - I will post it under the same thread - you guys will get a big kick out of this one - I got a good screwing - I refuse to let the thing go - I want to save the beard and try saving the fan!

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Bird Dog ~ not only so much to get a kick out of it. But maybe we can offer some suggestions after seeing a picture of it.

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That is a good idea zubba - I have another Turkey mounted flying - he did a good job on that one - I will also take a pic of it - I have done some of my own handy work with tail fans - Believe it or not-I believe than I could have done a better job mounting this strutting tom going into it blindfolded - you a probably going to pick yourself up out of the floor! I will post this weekend if not tonight!

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Ok Zubba - start laughing - give me some ideas!

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Head

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Strut

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Beard

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Blindfold me and I could do better - This was the first bird that I have had mounted struting - I was fresh out of the gates with turkey knowledge and didn't spend time viewing other works - I just assumed that this was what you got - but you know what happens when you assume things - oh well - this was a 28 pound monster my father took - had it mounted for him but after viewing other works - got screwed - no question - I am looking into preserving the beard and tail - How do I go about getting those Items off this mount? Any other ideas? As you can tell - the turkey has a very respectful beard - The pic does not do this bird justice - nor does the mount!

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that sucks that happened. i would have took it to a guy that is known for taxidermy

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No one can say how to remove the beard and tail without knowing how they were attached. Judging by the rest of the mount, I doubt they were attached well.:DSince damaging the mount probably isn't a concern, cut around the base of the beard and see what you have. It probably won't be too hard to get off. You may be able to do the same thing with the tail. However, the tail wouldn't be a big concern of mine. All turkey tails are pretty much the same, so gettinga replacementwouldn't be difficult. I would be more concerned about getting the beard and spurs. You should be able to take the beard and spurs to ANOTHER taxidermist and have a new mount done. The beard is taken off for mounting anyways, so it won't be a problem. The spur sheaths should be able to be removed and put on anther set of legs as well.

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If it doesn't look like this one then it is a bad mount.



Body by Tab Hinton.
Freeze dried head by Tommy Knight.

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Horrible

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What did that Haxidermist charge you for that mount? If you don't mind mind me asking. I feel your pain!! Been down that road myself..[:'(]

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I think it was 300 - I got all 300 all right - it was my stupidity - I was not really for sure what a mount -full strut would look like - I assumed the guy knew what he was doing - he did a good job on the flying mount! yeah - I got all 300 inches - no lubrication!

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Man that made me laugh... Looked like he was doing one of those sumo wrestler walks... Man I did my own and I think it turned out much better...

And that head

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That thing is frightening! Got some good chuckles out of it... sorry how it turned out though. You could always use it to practice kicking 3 pointers through the uprights.:(

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Looks like it's doing the Mama Harper walk.

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Sorry about the mount man, but the bird looks like with was drugs or something.

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if i were you i would take it to a local taxidermist and ask him to show you some of his birds he has done and if they are good ask him to do a remount if its not to expensive. but thats what i would do i think he would do it for a lot cheaper than the original mount.;)