Title: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 07:52:07 AM
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 07:52:07 AM
Picked up my pair of Osceolas from last spring, plus my cousin's. His is only half way home as it needs to return to Florida.
I had the taxidermist leave my bases unfinished so I can match the habitat up myself from the kill pics I have.
My Alachua county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51982878737_0be25623e0_k.jpg)
My Polk county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51982879287_15faa051ae_k.jpg)
Cousin's Alachua county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51983956908_9911e04e57_k.jpg)
I had the taxidermist leave my bases unfinished so I can match the habitat up myself from the kill pics I have.
My Alachua county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51982878737_0be25623e0_k.jpg)
My Polk county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51982879287_15faa051ae_k.jpg)
Cousin's Alachua county bird:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51983956908_9911e04e57_k.jpg)
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: the Ward on April 05, 2022, 08:50:18 AM
Post by: the Ward on April 05, 2022, 08:50:18 AM
Nice looking mounts!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Muzzy61 on April 05, 2022, 10:16:33 AM
Post by: Muzzy61 on April 05, 2022, 10:16:33 AM
Looks Good!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: joey46 on April 05, 2022, 10:17:29 AM
Post by: joey46 on April 05, 2022, 10:17:29 AM
looking good
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: 3bailey3 on April 05, 2022, 11:01:02 AM
Post by: 3bailey3 on April 05, 2022, 11:01:02 AM
Very nice!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: OJR on April 05, 2022, 11:22:43 AM
Post by: OJR on April 05, 2022, 11:22:43 AM
Excellent!!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: JeffC on April 05, 2022, 12:06:18 PM
Post by: JeffC on April 05, 2022, 12:06:18 PM
Congrats Don, great memories every time you look at them.
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Chief Razor on April 05, 2022, 12:19:16 PM
Post by: Chief Razor on April 05, 2022, 12:19:16 PM
Good looking mounts
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 03:12:00 PM
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 03:12:00 PM
Thanks for the kind words, everyone !!!
These two Osceolas complete my garage collection of at least one example of each of the five Royal Slam subspecies. Counting the Osceola I'm babysitting for my cousin, there are 12 full mounts of wild turkeys in the garage. I tease my taxidermist that I put his son through college. In the last 25 or so years........there's only been one 6 month period (between turkeys and whitetails) where I did NOT have something at his shop. :z-dizzy: :goofball: :help:
These two Osceolas complete my garage collection of at least one example of each of the five Royal Slam subspecies. Counting the Osceola I'm babysitting for my cousin, there are 12 full mounts of wild turkeys in the garage. I tease my taxidermist that I put his son through college. In the last 25 or so years........there's only been one 6 month period (between turkeys and whitetails) where I did NOT have something at his shop. :z-dizzy: :goofball: :help:
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Tom007 on April 05, 2022, 03:13:29 PM
Post by: Tom007 on April 05, 2022, 03:13:29 PM
They look great, nice trophies....
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 05, 2022, 03:20:27 PM
Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 05, 2022, 03:20:27 PM
You'll remember those hunts every time you look at those mounts!! 
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Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: WV Flopper on April 05, 2022, 07:22:34 PM
Post by: WV Flopper on April 05, 2022, 07:22:34 PM
How do the heads on those turkeys stack up against the others you have mounted?
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 07:46:27 PM
Post by: Yoder409 on April 05, 2022, 07:46:27 PM
Quote from: WV Flopper on April 05, 2022, 07:22:34 PM
How do the heads on those turkeys stack up against the others you have mounted?
Pretty comparable.
I should have added that the lighting for these pics is lousy. The window in the garage was washing the pics out. I'm pretty particular about the heads on my mounts. I'm happy with these ones.
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Zobo on April 05, 2022, 11:04:59 PM
Post by: Zobo on April 05, 2022, 11:04:59 PM
Those are awesome!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoteduster on April 05, 2022, 11:23:44 PM
Post by: Yoteduster on April 05, 2022, 11:23:44 PM
Nice birds
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: paboxcall on April 06, 2022, 03:00:47 PM
Post by: paboxcall on April 06, 2022, 03:00:47 PM
Very nice, my friend! Congrats on those. :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Jim K on April 06, 2022, 05:29:32 PM
Post by: Jim K on April 06, 2022, 05:29:32 PM
Those bases look like the ones Tim Jordan of PA uses. Might he have mounted them?
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoder409 on April 06, 2022, 08:11:34 PM
Post by: Yoder409 on April 06, 2022, 08:11:34 PM
Quote from: Jim K on April 06, 2022, 05:29:32 PM
Those bases look like the ones Tim Jordan of PA uses. Might he have mounted them?
Nope.
But his brother Marc did. :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Jim K on April 07, 2022, 05:51:31 AM
Post by: Jim K on April 07, 2022, 05:51:31 AM
I was close lol. That second one really has the black wings!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: Yoder409 on April 07, 2022, 07:33:22 AM
Post by: Yoder409 on April 07, 2022, 07:33:22 AM
Quote from: Jim K on April 07, 2022, 05:51:31 AM
I was close lol. That second one really has the black wings!
Very close !!! ;D
Actually, Tim did the head on the walking bird. The black-winged strutter was from a lot farther south than the other two. And he was the end result of probably the most storybook scripted turkey hunt I've ever had.
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: beagler on April 07, 2022, 08:38:57 AM
Post by: beagler on April 07, 2022, 08:38:57 AM
Very Nice!
Title: Re: 2021 Osceolas come home
Post by: makestomstremble on April 11, 2022, 09:46:03 AM
Post by: makestomstremble on April 11, 2022, 09:46:03 AM
Beauties! Thanks for sharing with us.