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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: johnnyk71 on October 28, 2014, 06:39:00 PM
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some of you may remember that I got a good turkey with my RER Retro back last fall. I was even lucky enough to be up top as TG member of the month once. here's a pic of the turkey.
I got my mount back yesterday, and wow! it was done by a friend of mine, who put an amazing amount of care and talent into it. he nailed my vision perfectly! I told him, "imagine the presidential seal, without the head." he carved the arrow point out of bone, the feet will hold an arrow (or not. my choice). I couldn't be happier, and wanted to share it with you guys. hope to get it hung up tonight. (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/johnnyk71/IMG_1487_zps793bea28.jpg)
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here's the mount. (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/johnnyk71/turkeymount_zps47f8e48e.jpg)
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That's very cool, I've never seen one like that
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a biologist that saw the bird said it was an older bird. 3/4" spurs, and a 9-inch beard.
I shot him with my Retro, with a good ol' Magnus I on the business end of a GT shaft. I center punched his heart, and he didn't take a step. died right where I hit him.
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:cool:
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That is awesome! I love different stuff like that!
Good Hunting,
Craig
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That looks cool John
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Coolest looking turkey mount I've ever seen! Congratulations. :thumbsup:
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nice I like it
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That's gotta be an original, one if a kind! Very cool congrats
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Never seen one like that!
Awesome!
Congrats,
Bisch
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Never saw that treatment before. I like it. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Originally posted by el greco:
That looks cool John
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Man, that's cool!
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guys, the attention to detail is insane. he even put the feet on hinges, so you can flip them up and see the dirt on the feet! he said, "turkeys always have dirt on their feet", so he applied dirt, and sealed it with a clear seal, and you can actually flip the feet up and see the dirt.
I'm just amazed.
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Congrats :thumbsup:
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That's a really cool mount.
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I like that a lot!!
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Gorgeous
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Very Cool Mount!! Congrats!!
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Very Cool!
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Very nice. I like it!!!
homebru
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Very cool that's the first for me but will say I like it!
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Nice !!
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That's really different and totally cool! Great trophy! Congrats!
Kenny :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Awesome Mount! I like it! Your friend is really talented.
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Cool! :thumbsup:
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Great looking mount
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Sweet!!!
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Nice!
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I like it!
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That is Amazing!
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now thats different, very nice.
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Never seen one like that. I like it!
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That is one of the coolest mounts I've ever seen!
Although, I gotta ask, why no head?
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Originally posted by Wandering Archer:
That is one of the coolest mounts I've ever seen!
Although, I gotta ask, why no head?
i never intended to do a full body mount. i was thinking more about the meat than anything. I initially thought of just doing the wings, the beard and the fan, but as we skinned it out, I thought what a waste it would be not to use those pretty feathers from the body. that's when I had the idea of the presidential seal thing. my buddy Greg was talented enough to pull it off. he told me we could preserve the feet too, so it all came together.
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John you are more than welcome and I was honored you trusted your Bird with me. I plan to make one for myself. Just need a bird on the ground.
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Is the head there somewhere or just can't I see it?
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Very nice. Bad part about showing us the mount is that it won't be a one-of-a-kind. :-)
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I like that !
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I like it!
Two years ago Whip & I decided to get some sort of mount on our birds but didn't want the head as they don't seem real to me. So we came up with just a skin, spurs, and beard mount...tippit
(http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp83232%3Euqcshlukaxroqdfv%3A45%3B%3Dot%3E2395%3D%3C78%3D763%3DXROQDF%3E2%3A%3A92458%3A423%3Bot1lsi)
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tippit, that's also very cool!
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Originally posted by Gogi:
John you are more than welcome and I was honored you trusted your Bird with me. I plan to make one for myself. Just need a bird on the ground.
still owe you a good pic of it! gotta get the good camera back from the wife's friend. some good holiday hunting days coming up in a couple of weeks. gonna try to tempt you into taking a day off from work soon!
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Very cool!
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Awesome looking..... :thumbsup: :notworthy:
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very cool
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Originally posted by BAK:
Is the head there somewhere or just can't I see it?
BAK, the head is long gone. It may have looked good with it as well.
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Originally posted by johnnyk71:
Originally posted by Gogi:
John you are more than welcome and I was honored you trusted your Bird with me. I plan to make one for myself. Just need a bird on the ground.
still owe you a good pic of it! gotta get the good camera back from the wife's friend. some good holiday hunting days coming up in a couple of weeks. gonna try to tempt you into taking a day off from work soon! [/b]
I'm sure you'll get it to me. True cameras are hard to find with smart phones around.
As far as hunting it wont take much tempting for me to take time off.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Seriously. That's incredible