Fiance won free Hazel Creek Taxidermy mount!!

[djrcm7]

My fiancé shot a great bird last season and ended up winning the Hazel creek taxidermy full mount. I'm super pumped for her and cannot wait to see how it turns out. Stil deciding on how she wants it done. Let's see some of your stuffed gobblers to help her decide! I love a good full strut and I love the gobbling pose too but I'd love to see what you all have done

[djrcm7]

Here is her with her bird

[Gobble!]

Awesome. They produce quality mounts. Gobbling 3/4 strut is one of my favorites.

[guesswho]

Gobbling on the limb, and a hanging dead gobbler are my favorites.   My gobbling on the limb mount.  Not real happy with the head, but I like the pose.  Obviously not a Hazel Creek mount.

[WW]

This is the 6 bearded Merriam that I killed in 2015. He's the 37th overall atypical bird in SD(when I enter him). Hazel Creek did an awesome job!

[eorlando]

John Beard in TN did this smoke phase Osceola for me.

DSC_2294 by Eric Orlando, on Flickr

DSC_2296 by Eric Orlando, on Flickr

DSC_2300 by Eric Orlando, on Flickr

DSC_2302 by Eric Orlando, on Flickr

DSC_2292 by Eric Orlando, on Flickr

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[guesswho]

eorlando, incredible looking mount

[dublelung]

I generally don't care for walking strutter mounts but that smoke phase has got to be the most beautiful and most realistic strutter mount I've ever seen! Once in a lifetime trophy.

I prefer a 3/4 strut gobbling on the limb mount like the one posted but with a more realistic head.

Congrats to your fiance on the gobbler and the free mount. If you have one that'll turkey hunt with you then she's a keeper!

[djrcm7]

Those are some incredible mounts guys!

[busta biggun]

Here is a strutter I had done by Cally Morris at Hazel Creek. I love how it turned out. This is the "tiled" look, which is an extra charge.

[Gobble!]

John Beard in TN did this smoke phase Osceola for me.

I'm going to need to keep him in mind. That looks awesome.

[djrcm7]

Is the "tiled" look just the setting of the feathers on the chest?

[busta biggun]

Exactly. It just has the feathers separated a little more than a smooth look. They have to ruffle the feathers backwards daily as it dries to get this effect. Minor difference at a glance, but I like it.

[1iagobblergetter]

Ive seen some of Cally Morris turkey mounts...Whatever you decide it will look great with him working on it. IMO a lot of taxidermist seem to fall short with the way a Turkey mounts head looks...

[BHMTitan]

Another happy customer of John Beard.