okie archer
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I made a post a couple of months ago in the feathers and wings section titled Drakes first turkey. It told a little bit about Drake my 8 year old and his 1st turkey with a few field pics.
Well here is the rest of the story.
I have a taxidermy business and I wanted ro do something special for his 1st turkey. I went for more of an artistic base instead of a traditional earth habitat. The limb the bird is on I found while hunting several years ago in Wyoming. It had nice character so I brought it back to Oklahoma and its been laying in the shop waiting for the right taxidermy piece. Drake was probably 2 years old then. I simply overlaid the wood with epoxy sculpt, painted it black umber, and applied a bit of copper colored paint to give it a bronzed effect.I ordered the walnut pieces you see and the 12" pipe is just scrap water line fron our rural water dept. I just painted it black. After I funished the turkey I attatched it to the completed base. Hopefully someday Drake looks at this mount and it becomes more special to him after it sinks in that when he was 8 his dad guided him on his first ever turkey kill that he shot with a .410 and then his dad mounted it for him to have as the memory.
Well here is the rest of the story.
I have a taxidermy business and I wanted ro do something special for his 1st turkey. I went for more of an artistic base instead of a traditional earth habitat. The limb the bird is on I found while hunting several years ago in Wyoming. It had nice character so I brought it back to Oklahoma and its been laying in the shop waiting for the right taxidermy piece. Drake was probably 2 years old then. I simply overlaid the wood with epoxy sculpt, painted it black umber, and applied a bit of copper colored paint to give it a bronzed effect.I ordered the walnut pieces you see and the 12" pipe is just scrap water line fron our rural water dept. I just painted it black. After I funished the turkey I attatched it to the completed base. Hopefully someday Drake looks at this mount and it becomes more special to him after it sinks in that when he was 8 his dad guided him on his first ever turkey kill that he shot with a .410 and then his dad mounted it for him to have as the memory.
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