Tips to transport a bird home for mounting

[bbhntr48]

Heading West in a couple weeks with hopes of killing a Rio. I would like to do a full body mount. Any suggestions to protect the bird for mounting?


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[TXFowler]

Shoot it in the head…?


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[bbhntr48]

Solid advice….


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[Carolina Counsel]

Cooler and dry ice?

[TXFowler]

I wish I could help, but I’ve only had the experience of carrying one less than an hour home and doing a fan mount myself. I can only assume to take the same measure as you would with waterfowl, with the exceptions of not having to worry with as much care of the head?

I know we have some jam up taxidermy folks in here that will help out. HEAD, where you at with that squatch beard?


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[CreekGeek]

I shipped one from SC to TN on a Greyhound at th taxidermists insistence. Worked beautifully.

[WhitewaterDuck]

Look at YouTube...there are videos on there showing how to dress a bird for the taxi. It's not difficult, because I've done it successfully twice...so anyone can. You can get your breast meat out easily without hurting the mount,

[Quack07]

Maybe Fowl Mouth will come along and give you some advice. He's pretty good at bringing those things back to life.

[FOWL MOUTH]

Nothing really that complex about it. Kill turkey, put a ziploc bag or paper towels over head and tuck under wing. Get a couple of pieces of cardboard to sandwich his tail feathers and tape or zip tie. Freeze for a day or two if you can. Put in a box and ship to your taxidermist 2 day UPS. It should still be cold when it gets there so they can immediately start caping.

[bbhntr48]

Good info Fowl Mouth, Thanks

[Carlisle]

I was picturing some Kim Kardashian sized panty hose.


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