Its not hunting but i didnt know where else to put it, i was wondering if anyone has an Owl mounted I'd like to see some pics to get ideas on how i would like to do mine. I hit an short eared owl with my truck a week ago and i just got it back from fish and game and got a permit to get it mounted.
Owl mounts
- Thread starter Gopher Slayer
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Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Northeast Ontario
no pics be we have one at a Camp. mounted on piece of log on a wall- 45 degrees. looks neat.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I have a great horned owl mounted on a log with a branch sticking out. looks good for a great horned, but your short eared owl is a ground nesting prairie bird and I have never seen one in a tree.
badgreenbird
Regular
- Location
- Dawson Creek, BC
sorry, no pics.. but a fairly 'boring' pose sitting on a short piece of fence post looks nice, is easy to place in the house, and is biologically accurate. An alternative is a flying pose, with owl looking down (suspended from the ceiling on fishing line). I had a rough-legged hawk done this way years ago. Have a look through some nature photography magazines or web sites for natural owl poses. Short-ears are quite popular with photographers; they are out during times of dramatic lighting.
Major Sights
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- Location
- Westlock, AB
Sorry its a picture of a picture... (the original was taken with FILM!!! ewww.), and not an owl.
But this is a Goshawk, that my dad found in a cottage frozen to death (flew through a window). He had it mounted on a piece of upright driftwood in a natural perched pose with its head slightly turned and looking down. Sorry about all the "bush" around it, the picture was for a photo competition in school, many moons ago.
Now my father in law has an owl on a mount with the wings spread open, and claws out and mouth open as though its about to strike a field mouse or something. Sorry for the picture but it was all the wife had.
But this is a Goshawk, that my dad found in a cottage frozen to death (flew through a window). He had it mounted on a piece of upright driftwood in a natural perched pose with its head slightly turned and looking down. Sorry about all the "bush" around it, the picture was for a photo competition in school, many moons ago.
Now my father in law has an owl on a mount with the wings spread open, and claws out and mouth open as though its about to strike a field mouse or something. Sorry for the picture but it was all the wife had.
My Gpa hit one decades ago. He got it mounted. Story goes he went into the MNR and said he wanted permission to have the owel he hit mounted. They asked him 'How do we know you hit it?' Thats when he put a garbage bag on the desk and told her its in there if she wanted to see it.
She gave him the permission slip allowing him to get it mounted seconds later haha!
She gave him the permission slip allowing him to get it mounted seconds later haha!
Dad got a Great Gray mounted in the 80's, found a root on a brush pile with some neat burls and knots. Cleaned it up, accented it with a propane torch and varnished it. Same for his Rough legged Hawk. Very 80s style but just to offer ideas....
He since transferred them to me and I've pulled the Owl off the root, just trying to find the right branch that is going to anchor solid to the wall with out needing a plaque or baseplate and two just enough character to look cool but not over do the display.
Dad had an Eagle too, let us pick the pose but the taxidermist had his own ideas and ran an absolute muck on the job, it was dubbed the cross eyed firechicken.
Have fun with the project.
He since transferred them to me and I've pulled the Owl off the root, just trying to find the right branch that is going to anchor solid to the wall with out needing a plaque or baseplate and two just enough character to look cool but not over do the display.
Dad had an Eagle too, let us pick the pose but the taxidermist had his own ideas and ran an absolute muck on the job, it was dubbed the cross eyed firechicken.
Have fun with the project.
Uggh. Those are awful mounts. Find a BIRD specialist and get it done right. A guy who can do a big game mount on a polyurethane form is not necessarily qualified to mount a bird. Birds are very different from big game.
Major Sights
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Westlock, AB
Which persons pictures are you referring to?
Personally, I don't like either of the mounts shown with the wings out. They don't look natural at all (to me anyway).
The other two are just mounts. It is hard to tell with the goshawk because of the picture and the last owl was beaten up in the collision.
The other two are just mounts. It is hard to tell with the goshawk because of the picture and the last owl was beaten up in the collision.
All of them
Shows what you know. Mine are freeze dried and the one with the wings out is over 32 years old hit by a car , the other 27 crushed by my truck so yea they are not going to look as they once did plus they just came out of boxes in those pics from 5 years of storage after we moved. Like to see a conventional 32 year old mount and what that looks like compared to them. Probally like a hawk I had done fell apart in about 20 years.. I had over 75 mounts done by various individuals over the years and the freeze dried ones held up the best by far. These owls were done by a guy in his late 70's now and retired but was one of the initial individuals doing the freeze dryed method in canada. Like to see a conventional artist do a chickadee like he did.No other method of Taxidermy can duplicate the trophy with such attention to detail as Freeze Drying. Period but you know that. HUMM
In his day he did some nice stuff this pair of hawks still look OK to me for 40 year old mounts and a 35plus woodie not to mention 99%.of the hawks and owls that get mounted are road kills and beat to crap to start with. Lets see some of your mounts???
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Your mounts are very nice. To me I really see no major difference in yours and my 30-40 year old ones but that is me and there is not an artistic bone in my body. Yes for sure the pro ones are incredible however like anything in this world you get what you paid for. When mine were done I didnot pay the extra for the details in the support and stuck to the basic drift wood nor did I pay I bet even remotely close to what that pro owl cost to be done. Mine were like $150.00 and did the job for what I wanted them for. Unfortunately about 10 years ago we sold our large house and downsized so I lost my mancave so mine now sit in boxes or bunched on shelves even in mama's craft room as you can see by the flattened ears on the fawns and baby fox.
The many trips they have made to schools over the years and wildlife shows with the kids has also been hard on them. Sorry OP for going off track. Here is a few more pics of a few old ones I have. take care and thanks for posting the pics they are very nice to see
The many trips they have made to schools over the years and wildlife shows with the kids has also been hard on them. Sorry OP for going off track. Here is a few more pics of a few old ones I have. take care and thanks for posting the pics they are very nice to see
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A true Owl pose, well duh.......
If you do a pedastal mount this is all that is left of a squirrel when an owl gets done supper.
In case you need to accent the mount.
Baby Grays
My favorite shot and what I kind of want to replicate with Dad's.
Just a plain branch coming out of the wall. My form isn't quite right but we'll see what we can come up with.
The only shot of the Thunderbird Firechicken I have, ignore the riff raff in the foreground.
The old dusty Rough legged Hawk, note 80's-esk base. [gag]
If you do a pedastal mount this is all that is left of a squirrel when an owl gets done supper.
In case you need to accent the mount.
Baby Grays
My favorite shot and what I kind of want to replicate with Dad's.
Just a plain branch coming out of the wall. My form isn't quite right but we'll see what we can come up with.
The only shot of the Thunderbird Firechicken I have, ignore the riff raff in the foreground.
The old dusty Rough legged Hawk, note 80's-esk base. [gag]
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