Stuffin Ducks

[TrapLine]

I want to try and mount a duck myself. I went ahead and thawed two of them yesterday.

Going in, wish me luck.

 

[TrapLine]

Got them skinned out, the second one came out much better, my test subject ripped up but getting the hang of it. The tail is still a bit difficult but found my way around the legs and wings On #2.




and Frankenduck, going to have to practice my sewing. He’s a good first run though.

 

[Hunter527]

That’s really cool you’re giving it a try. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes. It would be cool to learn how to skin them just so I can breast them out before I send them to the taxidermist. Then I wouldn’t have to choose between mounting and eating.

 

[TrapLine]

It was not to bad if you can resist the urge to pull. Very limited feather loss and since the centers were still frozen no blood or stains really. I haven't decided if I am going to do artificial heads or the original heads. I think the original heads have shrinkage, not sure where though, the bill?

 

[Wister Junkie]

This should be interesting

 

[TrapLine]

Reminds me i need to put them in the fridge to thaw for round two tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 27310]

Thanks TrapLine for taking us along on this adventure.

 

[Hunter527]

How’s the project coming along?

 

[TrapLine]

Now I know why the Taxi takes 6 months, lol. I keep forgetting to move them to the fridge to thaw the day before I have some time to work on them.

 

[TheGDog]

Yeah, the Taxidermy stuff becomes very intriguing when you're in and committed. Kinda rides a line between OCD and "Ah screw it its fine." sometimes.

 

[TrapLine]

Yea, I am doing two at a time with one as my test subject, he is all messed up, rips, tears, missing feathers, broken bones but after doing it once really badly on him I usually pick up some technique along the way and #2 coming along nicely. The practice one is still going to go all the way through the process and will most likely end up as a meme on the internet.

 

[Hunter527]

Yeah, the Taxidermy stuff becomes very intriguing when you're in and committed. Kinda rides a line between OCD and "Ah screw it its fine." sometimes.

You’ve done taxidermy?

 

[TheGDog]

You’ve done taxidermy?

Not really. Just fleshed and tanned some hides and then doing the skulls. Hrmm... you know? Now you've reminded of something I could still do now. And that would be build a fleshing board. I ordered a fleshing knife after that last one because it's a P.I.T.A. to flesh'em with regular knives.