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Looking for a good taxidermist around the greenwood or jackson area. I have two hooded mergansers (male and female) and a banded hen redhead that i shot last year but just haven't had the funds to get them mounted. Will a taxidermist still be able to mount these even though they have been in the freezer for a year. Plus looking for a good taxidermist that has reasonable prices. Thanks

You need to take them to my dad, The Waterfowler. Do a search on here and get a look at his work. I make very frequent trips from Jackson to Olive Branch and can pick up the birds for you if you don't want to travel. I can also deliver when they are ready. He gets 250 per duck.

Ratliff Taxidermy near Cruger. Very good and affordable. 62-458-2677

The waterfowler does great work. I use Philip Hewwit in McComb will post up numbers when I get home. He does great work also.

arduckslayer wrote:You need to take them to my dad, The Waterfowler. Do a search on here and get a look at his work. I make very frequent trips from Jackson to Olive Branch and can pick up the birds for you if you don't want to travel. I can also deliver when they are ready. He gets 250 per duck.

Hey slick I got a buddy in starkville that has a pile of sea ducks to get mounted ....PM me some info so he acan get ahold of Pat, I told him it would be after season closes..........

Phillip Hewitt
featherworkstaxidermy.com

(601) 248 3393

I have tried to reach Phillip several times, but can never get in touch with him.

BBR12 wrote:Phillip Hewitt
featherworkstaxidermy.com

(601) 248 3393

Phillip is a fireman so it is hard to get up with him and yes he does do a jam up duck. The only thing that you really have to worry about is the feet getting dried out and hard but its an easy fix for a guy that knows what they are doing.

Make arrangements to get them to pat pitt. I have 5 on my wall from him with 3 more to take to him when I get the funds for playin set aside. He is the only person cept for his son that will ever do my birds

#1 pat Pitt

#2 everyone else

i would definatly tak'm to MR PAT, hoodies are pretty ducks, but also it is my understanding one of the more difficult to mount correctly. he did a beautiful one for me a few yrs back, and is the only duck in my wife wanted displayed in the main part of the house. the rest are in my office's

he also did a pair of pheasants for me that turned out extremely well

I'll buck the trend. I've seen some of Pat's work, and it looks good, you should consider him. But to say he is #1 and everyone else is behind him is a stretch. There are some guys in the South doing ducks that are ridiculous. Look at Shane Smith or David Luke's work. If I was having a bird done in the South, they would definitely be on my list.

No reason to limit yourself to the south either, you can ship these things if you want. I'll say this, taxidermy work is like hiring a hooker. You might get serviced for $10 by a transvestite, but your gonna live with that image the rest of your life. I'd spend the extra coin, and have the pretty image burned in.

Disclaimer: I don't own any mounted birds, and have never hired a tranvestite.

kris Schaumburg wrote:I'll buck the trend. I've seen some of Pat's work, and it looks good, you should consider him. But to say he is #1 and everyone else is behind him is a stretch. There are some guys in the South doing ducks that are ridiculous. Look at Shane Smith or David Luke's work. If I was having a bird done in the South, they would definitely be on my list.

No reason to limit yourself to the south either, you can ship these things if you want. I'll say this, taxidermy work is like hiring a hooker. You might get serviced for $10 by a transvestite, but your gonna live with that image the rest of your life. I'd spend the extra coin, and have the pretty image burned in.

Disclaimer: I don't own any mounted birds, and have never hired a tranvestite.

+1 and I'd even venture to say that Pat would agree with you.

I can't say he is a "good" taxidermist, but GH22 is very much like a cheap taxidermist. Big girls everywhere know they can go to his crib and get a "free mount."

GulfCoast wrote:I can't say he is a "good" taxidermist, but GH22 is very much like a cheap taxidermist. Big girls everywhere know they can go to his crib and get a "free mount."

Those Waldenburg girls love him!!!