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I did stick mine in the oven. Then I remembered I have an electric oven.

I thought you were hibernating in your cave . Go back in until spring . People need to talk about something until Turkey season starts up in May ............

Die thread Die!

Thanks for the step by step....I'm determined to make one of these wall worthy some day!

I started by cutting off the whole load of feathers and the meat that holds them together. I removed as much flesh and fat as I could and salted it up really well with blended salt. I redid the salt every couple days for about a week and a half. At this point, even tho I removed as much flesh and fat as I possibly could, the quills were still very oily and I was just not happy with it. At this point I started rethinking how I was going to go about this, because I wanted it to last and and keep it indoors. I played with a few ideas and looked around online at other methods. I decided to pluck all the feathers out and keep them in order so they didn't get all mixed up. I used 3 layers of feathers. Once I got the wood plaque mount I saw there was a metal plate behind it with screws to clamp down on the feathers. I decided to go with a hot glue gun and some glue sticks. I realized that the glue and feathers were not going to stick well to the metal backing on the plaque, so I cut a piece of thin cardboard, about the size of the metal backing. I laid out the first row of feathers (the longest ones) face up, with the quills on the cardboard, all nice and even, then glued the quills and the cardboard together. I made half circle arcs of glue lines along the quills (think rainbow shape). The glue is dried in 20-30 seconds. Then did the next 2 rows of feathers just the same. At this point I basically had a tailfan mount glued to a piece of cardboard. I put the cardboard/feathers in between the plaque wood and the metal backing, screwed the backing onto the plaque, attached the beard where it goes, and voila, my first Tail Fan Mount! You can shoot a turkey in the morning and have him on the wall that afternoon. Literally can be done in an hour or less. Forget the salting and the borax, never again will I deal with that mess. This is def the way to go.

If I hear .... "And I I I I will always Looove YOuuuuu" One more time I'm sticking my head in the oven

The biggest problem i've seen on state land was when my snowmobile club was repairing a trail and bridge over a ravine. A group of 4 cycleists showed up and i overheard them say damn snowmobiles why do they let them here anyway all they do is mess up our trails! To which my partner (in no uncertain terms) explaind to them that the club built and maintains the trails from registration fees and do the labor free. he then asked what they did to maintain the trail and park.... this is the problem with a lot of state land, hunters and clubs pay fees to maintain the lands and taxes where the bird watcher/hiker may pay taxes but reaps the benifits of others fees, and then pushes for our exclusion from the land we maintain!

I start it out in bacon grease, real hot, then back it down and simmer it in cider for awhile. It's good. It does pop a little, but I used to be so drunk by the time I cooked it that I didn't care. Now that I quit boozing, I stand back a little.

Holy crap! That deer's about to stomp the crap outa that trout!

Totally agree with that statement, I know of four bucks killed in the last 5 years from the area I hunt that never made the paper or the internet, that were very "public" worthy. Just because it hasnt made the papers or internet site, doesn't mean the buck was not properly taken.