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tarponfan


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Howdy, Boys - well, tomorrow is the last day of the PA crow season (if someone understands why there is a closed season on crows maybe you could explain it to the rest of us) and I'm not gonna have a chance to get out - the picture is a crow that was my second try at crow taxidermy - did 3 copperheads and am working up the nerve to try a bass - the cow skull that my buddy is perched on was lying about 30 feet away from the spot where he had a "hard landing" as we used to say in the aircraft business, so it seemed natural to include it. My son says that it has a vaguely Satanic experience - I just tell him that crows have "inner beauty".......



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Lone Star Phil


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Hey Paul!

That image prompts me to curl my trigger finger -  it just happens!!  That being said, I'd say your work is effective.  Keep up the good work!



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I'd put that one over the head of our bed. I think the wife would have a problem with that one thoughbiggrin

Ted



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LOOKS GREAT!!biggrin



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looks awesome, that cow skull works well too!

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That's cool.

Ted , you need to send him that mixed bird so he can mount it for you.

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Where's the "I like it a lot" button? :)

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Awesome! Good job, I like the skull. A dairy farm where I hunt has many skulls laying around, the problem is all the skulls have a large hole in the forehead. LOL!

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tarponfan


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One important thing that I learned mounting the crows is that what it LOOKS LIKE you are shooting at is a lot different than what you are ACTUALLY shooting at - what I mean by that is the crow in the photo has a 33" wingspan (maybe 90% feathers,10% meat and bone), tail that is 7'long x 10' wide (100% feathers, 0% meat or bone) - actual size of what you need to get pellets into is : body not much bigger than a 12 oz. can, neck about 3/4" diameter, head about the size of a golf ball - just something to think about.............



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Tarpon,

 

Nice lookin mount.

 

Last year I took a "volunteer" and plucked it to see what the actual size of hittable area was. I think I came up with about 20 square inches if it was a floating overhead shot with wings spread. To give a reference to size, a face on clay target is a little over 14 square inches (4.25 inch diameter). Not a lot of difference.



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