Many years ago (before I started working with The Boss), he tells me he got a few calls from people who said they "found an eagle on the side of the road" said they "didn't want to waist it". The Boss' response? I don't want to know who you are. You didn't call here. Whatever it is that we didn't talk about I would suggest that you get rid of it and never mention it to anyone ever again. (For those who don't know, Eagles are highly illegal to kill or poses. You can't even keep a feather if you find one.)
Flash forward ten or twelve years, the phone rings and I pick it up.
"Hello?"
"Hi, I was wondering if you could mount something for me."
"Ok, what do you have?"
"It's legal. I have all the paper work."
"... umm, ok. What is it?"
"It's a bald eagle." then he adds quickly. "It really is legal. I'm a Native American and I have all the federal paperwork and everything."
I found out later talking to him that he had called a couple other Taxidermists and they had hung up on him as soon as he said "Bald Eagle".
Of course I was excited to mount an Eagle. Seriously, how many chances do you have to do that? Luckily I had my Federal Bird permit up to date and all the Eagle Guy's paper work checked out. So he brought me a frozen Eagle.
I have to say, even though the mount came out well and it looks good, eagles are a pain in the %#!@ to mount. They have a deep V shaped chest/caller that I had to recreate. That stumped me for a little while before I invented a fix for it.
Still, it came out cool:
(If you're wondering what that yellow tag hanging from his toe is, that's his Federal Tag. You have to keep that within three feet of the bird at all times until the owner picks it up *rolls eyes*)
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