Thanks everyone, the second big bird in the freezer went to Mike at Rock Mountain who had it mounted also in the hanging style. It's now in his clubhouse. Inspiration came from the "A Fox gets the Game" A H Fox Gun Company 1913-24 catalog covers that show birds hanging on a rail fence, hunter absent but his gun leaning against the fence, and a daring red fox sneaking up.
Here's the other grouse I referred to in the first post. Not a good pic and hard to see this one has a rufous ruff, only the second one I've taken in many years of grouse chasing. Killed in 2016 also with a 20 bore Fox (different one) and mounted in '17 by another taxidermist.
Both birds will be hanging together once I get an old weathered fence rail from a cover I hunt when out in the mountains.
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