c j

I'd like to hear some professional opinions on which is the best full-strut artificial turkey head available. The pre-painted Anthony Eddy, Tony Finazzo, and Kuenzel heads from Van Dyke's all look pretty good, but I don't have any first-hand experience with them. Are there any others that are better? Which of the Van Dyke's models is the best? Thanks

trophy time

Personally don't like the artificial heads i always use the real head and have it freeze dried. I don't like to go through all the work to making a turkey look good and then put on a plastic head when the freeze dried head is the most realistic.

nctaxi

AE has the best looking fake head out there, IMO. Freeze dried are nice to but they cost a whole lot more and if not painted properly they still look bad.

c j

Thanks, guys. Is the Van Dyke's Anthony Eddy the only one out there or are there different (better?) ones directly from Anthony Eddy?

Also - I'm not a taxidermist and I haven't gotten into even trying as a hobby yet. The reason I'm asking about fake heads is because I'm thinking I may need to go that route toreplace a poorly done freeze-dried one.

excalibur43

IMO Cary Cochran puts out the absolute best artificial head on the market. You can get them pre-painted or unfinished and paint them yourself.
If you go with a freeze dried head, go with Cally Morris.