HogHunting's Ducks
 

I was asked to post these pictures for HogHuntingUnlimited so I'll let him tell the story about them.

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Heres the second one ...

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here is my first duck mount and the featherscame out looking a little messed up and I was wandering if anyone new how to fix that.I thought it was pretty good for my first thing to mount.

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well i guess its to ugly for anyone to say anything about it

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Hog - please explain everything that you did. It could be that you fried the feathers with a degreaser. Or that you didn't degrease the feathers. Or that you didn't dry the feathers. Or...... I have seen a lot worse on someone's first and yes you did pick a hard one for the first. I usually spend hours grooming the feathers, and that's after grooming as I mount.

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well I sort of skinned it when it was a little frozen I put a little hot water to thaw it out then well I skinned it out the rest the way.

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how do you degrease it because I just rinsed it with water then I put the borax on and sewed it up

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That is why it is worth paying a good taxidermist. Some of the steps that you may have missed.... 1. did you open the wings to get all the meat out? 2. Did you get any and all yellow fat out between the feather tracts? 3. Did you preserve the feet? 4. what did you do about the bill?
I degrease mine ( I only do ducks for me and my family) with Dawn dishwashing liquid and then Coleman fuel. The CF is more for water displacement than degreasing but it does break down some grease. Ducks are difficult to learn on without good video or someone to teach you. Let me know if I can help

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I did step one but step four what do you have do to the bill

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I answered all your questions in the below link, why are you asking the same questions again ?????????[:@]

BUY A MANUAL.

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2375280

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Thereis a DVD out that go's step by step and get a waterfowl mount book.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&a mp;_trksid=m37&satitle=taxidermy+duck+video&am p;sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=48045&sab fmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&am p;saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1

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Nice!

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thanks for info

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Well, it's not the prettiest duck mount I have ever seen, but it by far aint the worst either! Get some reference photos and stick with it! You should have seen my first Turkey mount I did, some 17 years ago! No reference, no help and no clue! The neighbors called him " Ole Fluff". I later put him in the yard and used him for an archery target!