Fighting pheasants

[Firebird]

I mounted these for a local guy and before he picks them up I thought I would snap a couple pix. Wild roosters shot and retrieved by what I assume was an energetic and hard mouthed retriever. Customer asked to have them fighting and wanted them to sit atop his gun safe-the rest was up to me

 

[BRICKBURN]

Tough to mount birds after they have been plucked.
I hope the customer is happy with his new art.

 

[mark-hunter]

Great job!

 

[PARA45]

WOW, beautiful work. I have a pair of fighting pheasant that my Lab Savannah retrieved, and ironically they also sit on top of my safe . The birds I have were her second & third bird retrieved. She had the most gentle mouth, and was a fantastic hunter. Man I miss her, she was a great dog & companion. My apologies, didn't mean to derail your post.

 

[Firebird]

Love to hear the stories and love to see pics of others taxidermy and dogs!

 

[PARA45]

Here is a picture of Savannah with one of the birds. If you zoom in, you can see how good the birds looks. When I get home, I'll take a picture the mount and posted. Thank you!

 

[Justhunt]

Great looking birds @Firebird

 

[Firebird]

You can see her personality in her eyes-I love it

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Very nice mount, full of action.

 

[Trogon]

I really like this mount, @Firebird , great action, this is more like what I'd want in a pheasant mount. Too many I've seen are nice but boring standard poses. Thanks for sharing your work!