Wood Duck Mounts | Wood Duck Drake Mount | Waterfowl Taxidermy

Cypress Slough Taxidermy is your premier duck taxidermy service in the state of Texas. Cypress Slough Taxidermy offers a variety of custom wood duck mounts. Whether your hunting in your home state or coming to Texas, Cypress Slough Taxidermy is ready to mount your trophy wood duck or other waterfowl species. Contact CS Taxidermy to discuss your custom wood duck mount pose and habitat design to create a true one of a kind piece.

The Wood Duck Mounting Process

Cypress Slough Taxidermy’s wood duck mounts and other waterfowl pieces are of the highest quality. We meticulously clean and flesh each bird prior to mounting, then individually move each feather into position so that the bird is posed in a natural position. All duck legs and feet are injected to give them a natural lifelike appearance.

Wood Duck Mounts: Preparing Waterfowl For Your Duck Mount

Even more than big game, ducks, geese, and upland birds require careful handling and storage if you want to preserve them for taxidermy work. Delicate feathers and bones can crease and break much more easily than hair or hardened antler.

After shooting DO NOT ring the duck’s neck. DO NOT gut or pluck any feathers. Either tuck the head under a wing or lay it over the back. Keep out of sunlight and in a freezer bag (keep a freezer bag with you in the field just in case). Freeze as soon as possible. Broken bones are fixable but missing or broken feather are not so keep the duck where it will stay untouched until you get it frozen.

If storing in a freezer for long periods, wrap the legs and head in wet paper towel to prevent freezer burn.

Nylon stockings are good for transport from the field only, NOT for storage since they don’t prevent freezer burn.

About The Wood Duck

Male wood ducks have a crested head that is iridescent green and purple with a white stripe leading from the eye to the end of the crest, and another narrower white stripe from the base of the bill to the tip of the crest. The throat is white and the chest is burgundy with white flecks, gradually grading into a white belly. The bill is brightly patterned black, white and red. The legs and feet are a dull straw yellow and the iris is red. Female wood ducks have a gray-brown head and neck with a brownish, green, glossed crest. A white teardrop-shaped patch surrounds the brownish-black eye. The throat is white and the breast is gray-brown stippled with white, fading into the white belly. The back is olive brown with a shimmer of iridescent green. The bill is blue-gray and the legs and feet are dull grayish-yellow.

Wood Duck Migration & Wintering

In the eastern and western United States, 30-75 percent of wood ducks are permanent residents. Migratory wood ducks use the Atlantic Flyway from New Brunswick to Georgia and south to eastern Texas and the West Indies. The western migratory birds use the Pacific Flyway from British Columbia to the Central Valley of California. Both populations winter over southern portions of their respective breeding ranges, with small numbers south to central Mexico. No clearly defined migratory path exists for interior birds, though they seem to converge south of Kentucky along the Mississippi River floodplain. Generally, wintering habitat differs little from habitats used at other times of the year. Wood ducks predominantly use forested wetlands with a variety of hardwood tree species. Wood ducks are resident in Cuba and are scarce winter visitors to Mexico and Bermuda.

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Best Texas Waterfowl Taxidermy Service!

At Cypress Slough Taxidermy, our goal is to keep you, the customer happy and provide you with a trophy to showcase to all of your friends. We don’t just pump out duck mounts in mass at a low quality, we mount ducks to your satisfaction Guaranteed. You only get one shot to have it done right, so when you’re ready to get your duck mounted, give us a call and we can discuss your next trophy duck mount.

Your San Antonio Texas Waterfowl Taxidermy!

Cypress Slough Taxidermy has been mounting game birds and big game taxidermy since 2014. We strive for perfection in every detail in all mounts we create, no matter how big or small. Attention to detail is key at CST. The only limitation at Cypress Slough Taxidermy is your imagination. We can create any bird mount, big game mount and small game mount to all of your requirements. No matter the pose, sculpture or habitat we’ll create it. Visit our San Antonio Taxidermy Studio to discuss your next duck mount today!

Cypress Slough Taxidermy

Cypress Slough Taxidermy is a full-service wildlife taxidermy studio, located in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. Charles “Chuck” Denson, owner and lead taxidermist, grew up hunting and fishing and has always been passionate about nature and the great outdoors. What began as a simple hobby quickly evolved into a business that has served clients all over Texas and surrounding states.

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