preserving duck for mounting

[FoolNFish]

How do the rest of you preserve your waterfowl for mounting? Also, how long will they last in freezer?

I have a nice woodie in the freezer(short on funds).

One of my buddies told me to tuck head under wing and

put it in pantyhose stocking, then in paper grocery bag.

Said it should be good for quite a while.

What's your input on this?

[eyehead]

That's exactly what I did with a Widgeon I shot in 1999. I brought it to the taxidermist last fall It looks just as good as the day i shot it.

[lawdog]

Whenever I have anything I'm going to mount, I wrap it in a wet towel and freeze it inside of a bag. I put something over any areas I'm worried about (e.g. the curls on a big mallard were covered with a 20 oz. mtn dew bottle bottom, fish I fold carboard over the fins). This has always worked for me and taxidermists I've used have often remarked that the things were "well cared for".

[IceHawk]

I smooth everythig out tuck the wings in make sure the head and neck aren't kinked. Next I put it in pantyhose the put it in a good bag and make sure it's laying in a protected area in the freezer. I haver done this with all of my ducks and geese and haven't had a problem yet.