At least where I was in northwestern Montana the Merriam’s were much more vocal than the Rios I grew up hunting. I had an absolute blast with the Merriam’s. But, there also wasn’t nearly as much hunting pressure there as many other areas of the country so take that with a grain of salt.
As...
I don’t want to see this thread die so here is the wood duck mount I already posted, but I put it on a new base and detailed the feathers a little. I also have a flying drake canvasback that I’m going to put on a new base. I’ll post a pic when I get it done.
Did anyone get any new birds this...
I’ve only seen them in private aviculture collections and they still took my breath away. I used to dream of shooting a vagrant one day here in Oregon, but when the white-fronted geese were broken out of the dark goose limit for the spring season, it did away with any legal means to harvest any...
At one point I had a lot of bird mounts but I’ve weeded most of them out (poor taxidermy quality or not prime specimens).
What I have left at home are:
1) A big gander Tule white-fronted goose. This was a very special hunt with one of my daughters.
2) My one and only black Brant.
3) a huge...
I’m sorry to hear you didn’t fill your tag, but it sounds like you had/are still having a good season. Congrats on the bobcat! You guys sure get some dandies up there!