Just got my Pintail back from the Taxidermist...

[hanson]

Had to share this one...

Never been so nervous/excited about seeing a finished mount in my life.

Took a little over 1-1/2 years wait to get this back and although it took awhile, it was worth the wait. I'm pretty happy.

Shot in Minnesota, western Twin Cities metro area. Not a single wing feather was busted at all and only 1 single BB through the neck that we could find. Because the wings were in such good shape, I wanted the bird flying and am happy I did.

[harvey lee]

Looks very nice Chris. All the feathers are in very nice condition.

[IceHawk]

Chris congratulations excellent trophy to harvest especially in MN Superb mount! I'll be watching some of those bueaties dive bomb my snow goose spread in the next couple weeks

[Scott M]

Nice sprig! Congratulations on that fine bird, looks super.

[IceHawk]

Hanson who does your work? Just curious if it's someone I could hire in the future looks like the quality of work I look for in bird mounts!

[eyehead]

Nice bird hanson, Nothin like a nice drake pintail

[BigWadeS]

Excellent mount Hanson, great looking bird too

[Sartell Angler]

gotta love it! I went with a similar mount to showcase the feathers on my goldeneye, as none of those were damaged (also shot in the neck).

[lawdog]

A real trophy Chris, CONGRATS! Great mount too.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Nice Chris. I'm a bit jealous. We see pins in the springtime around my place, not so much in the fall.

Nice looking bird, and tough to get. Congrats.

[IceHawk]

Sartell nice golden-eye!

[Bryce]

A good taxidermist is going to have extra feathers. Most of my birds have needed touch-up work. GWT had wing almost blown off but with some fine work and a little luck, my guy was able to get a flying mount done.

[Dean Schellinger]

Very cool mount, that is a trophy, especially that nice of a bird in Minnesota!

[SSSTaxidermy]

Nice Chris...That is one sweeeeeet mount. Like I told you, I dropped my birds off with your uncle, just last week and I already feel like my 5 yr old daughter around Xmas time! I'm having a hard time waiting! That is the fun of it all!

[Rainman]

There you go getting me all excited for duck hunting and open water fishing hasn't even started yet.