I spent all weekend, well almost all, mounting my gobbler from this year. I finally got him on his perch today and wanted to take a few pics. I still have some grooming to do. Edward has 1 5/8" and 1 1/2" spurs with a 9 1/2" beard. He was my second CA gobbler from this year. My first is the dead mount I just did. Hope you like it.
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Sure looks good Joe!! Fine work right there.
Great turkey good looking mount well done!!
Nice..
Looks good!
Nice mount! :you_rock:
Looks great, love those hooks.
Sweet set of hooks! He looks great
Looks great Joe ! Nice hooks !
Ricky :newmascot:
I like the pose that you put him in, it really shows off his hooks!! Great job!
Joe,
Better and better!
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Wess
Awesome job Joe!!! I love me some hooks! :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock:
Looks great Joe. That's a fine tom and a good job mounting him.
I agree that pose is perfect for showing off those hooks!! nice job!
Thanks everybody. I thought the limb walk would set off his hooks. That was my main intention on this mount. Here is a few pics of his head I painted. You can't see his head very good in the other pics.
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Very nice mount of a stud gobbler!
Very nice Joe. That mount really shows off those big hooks. How many of the birds that you take do you mount?
Quote from: Hawkfarm on May 24, 2011, 06:56:02 PM
Very nice Joe. That mount really shows off those big hooks. How many of the birds that you take do you mount?
Hawk I've only mounted 3 of my gobblers. I had 5 others mounted over the years. Cally Morris mounted 4 of them and my first was mounted by a local guy. 2 of my mounts are trashed, one being my Goulds turkey that was smashed by a labrador puppy. The dead turkey I mounted because I had alot of history with this gobbler. He was practically in my back yard and I knew he was at least 6 years old. I decided that he had lived long enough. I thought that if I was able to kill him I would mount him. He has 1 1/4" hooks and 10 1/8" beard and was 22.3 lbs. So it was a no brainer to mount him. Then the very next day I killed Edward Scissorhand. I just had to mount those 1 5/8" hooks. So I have 6 full body mounts now. 3 Rios, 1 Merriam, 1 Eastern, and 1 Osceola.
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Quote from: LX_Trkyhntr on May 24, 2011, 12:02:56 PM
I like the pose that you put him in, it really shows off his hooks!! Great job!
Oh Ya !!
That is one of the best looking mounts i have seen. Congrats on an awesome job
Great looking mount and man, those are some hooks! Nice job.
OH man--that is superb!!!!