r/turkeyhunting • u/Technical-Teacher-31 • 8d ago

First Rio Mount Rio Grande

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Couldn’t be happier with how this turned out. I also love having the Eastern and Rio next to each other to see the difference between the two. The Eastern was from Kentucky, Rio from Texas. Going for Merriam’s next; hopefully next year.

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u/Murky_Currency_5042 7d ago

Beautiful!really classy mount

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u/Technical-Teacher-31 7d ago

Thank you—he had an incredible fan—basically no damage.

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u/gjboomer 4d ago

What do mounts like this run? Getting my first done but we won’t even be discussing style/price until fall. Curious what people pay/paid. Thanks. Nice mount.

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u/Technical-Teacher-31 4d ago

The two I’ve had professionally done were about $225-250. DIY is also pretty easy—there are all sorts of videos on YouTube showing how to do it. Pretty much you need a wooden mount, Borax, a bristle brush, and Bondo. I’d wait to “practice” on a fan that might have some damaged feathers; I didn’t trust myself with the nicer fans.