Ring Bill mount

Here's my latest addition to the bird collection. I shot this bird on the last day of the season in January 2007. He was shipped to me today from Todd Huffman of Birdman Studios. Todd is one the best bird taxidermists in the country in my opinion. He's done a few birds for me and this is by far the nicest bird to date.

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NONYA
WOW that is NICE! :thumb
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MuleyMadness
Simply awesome, thanks for sharing that beauty. 10sign:
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79Ford
Beautiful mount for sure! Definitely worth the money to have mount that looks as good as that.
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BIG R
Great looking ringneck 10sign:
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Mark
"79Ford" wrote:Beautiful mount for sure! Definitely worth the money to have mount that looks as good as that.
 Thanks guys...

Todd's prices are actually pretty affordable. He charges $250 for ducks, plus $35 for the plaque. If you just want drift wood it's included in the $250. I paid $10 to ship it and I'll pay about $40 to have it shipped back to NV. I'll be into this mount for less than $350 which I consider a fair price for this quality of work.
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Mark
"BIG R" wrote:Great looking ringneck 10sign:
 Yup, Ring neck is the correct name, and ring bill is common as well. Pochards is my favorite name for them!
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killerbee
"Mark" wrote:
BIG R wrote:Great looking ringneck 10sign:
 Yup, Ring neck is the correct name, and ring bill is common as well. Pochards is my favorite name for them!
 i almost posted the same thing, around here there called ring necks, but i have never looked to see the true name, great looking mount. they are pretty close to there coastal neiber the blue billed scaup
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79Ford
"Mark" wrote:
79Ford wrote:Beautiful mount for sure! Definitely worth the money to have mount that looks as good as that.
 Thanks guys...

Todd's prices are actually pretty affordable. He charges $250 for ducks, plus $35 for the plaque. If you just want drift wood it's included in the $250. I paid $10 to ship it and I'll pay about $40 to have it shipped back to NV. I'll be into this mount for less than $350 which I consider a fair price for this quality of work.
$350 well spent. Again, nice looking bird.
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sneekeepete
That is one of most beautiful duck mounts I have seen! 10sign:
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Mark
Here's a banded snow Todd did for me a couple of years ago.

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killerbee
wow, he does do a great job! as far as that snow goose, i dont know what is prettier, the awsome mounts or that super awsome band! i bet if you added up the money spent going hunting every year and divided it by the number of bands a guy gets, that is BY FAR the most expensive jewelry money can buy!

i have a few bird mounts, 1 blue billed scoup, wood duck,pintail,some sea ducks [ including a harliquin;), but although the taxi job is good, it is 1 step down from those 2 mounts! if i ever went on another sea duck hunt, i would have to send that guy the birds :thumb
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CodeRED
This is an awesome mount! Thanks for the info on your Taxidermist too. Wow, thats a great looking duck.
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i still cant wait to get a good fowl mount we have a vaulted ceiling in our house and i have wanted to get a couple ducks or geese locked up comin down off the ceiling. beautiful bird though
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TheGreatwhitehunter
Simply awesome
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NotEnufTags
I've never seen one of those while hunting duck in Utah. That's hands down the best looking bird mount I've seen. You can display that one with pride.
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a_bow_nut
That's a nice looking RINGBILL you have there Mark.

I've picked up a few of those up in my neck of the woods over the years. They seem to show up at about this time of the season when the small water has frozen over.

I don't think that I know of any duck that has just one name. I guess when in Rome?
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camodup
That snow goose is good lookin!!! and i do love the ring bill slash ringneck slash pochards! :thumb im in the midst of gettin my wood duck worked on, its gonna be in the same style as yours! thanks for postin!!
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