Ok show me what you do with....

[cynthiafu]

Ok give me ideas for the tail , feet and beard . Oh and the bullet casing . I need ideas.

Edited May 14, 2020 by cynthiafu

[Marion]

Ok give me ideas for the tail , feet and beard . Oh and the bullet. I need ideas.

You recovered some pellets?

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[cynthiafu]

4 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

You recovered some pellets?

Call Me The Teflon Don
 

No not a one.   there was a hole in the breast so I think 1 may be in there

[Marion]

No not a one.   there was a hole in the breast so I think 1 may be in there

I was being facetious I think you meant the shell. (Shotgun shell)

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[Marion]

One thing you could do is write the details on the shell of your first bird. And can display it with the fan and feet.@crappyice is the guy that you should talk to about preserving the fan and displaying it. He's really good like that

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[The_Real_TCIII]

This is pretty
Cool


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[The_Real_TCIII]

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[Lawdwaz]

Edited May 15, 2020 by Lawdwaz

[crappyice]

I’m messing around with something like this.




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[doebuck1234]

Where is @maytom to chime in????

[crappyice]

Cut off as much meat from the fan as possible. I left the three layers of feathers cuz they look cool. Salt and borax combo on the meat after pinning it all spread out to a board. Leave it for weeks if not longer.

Arrange the feet however you want and salt/borax the cut ends - beard gets that too.

Still not sure how I going to put it all together - the woods I have there is some wood pallets that I need to clean up a bit.


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[Lawdwaz]

4 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

The two in the first picture I shot in the late 80's or 1990.  I just slated the tails in the fanned position while stapled upside down to a board.  Let them sit for a month or two then hang them where you want.  Those two have been there since 1991......

In the second picture, I paid a taxi-dude to "preserve" that much of the bird.  I hunted that bird for 6-7 days in Arcade maybe 20 years ago.  He'd be in the same general area for a day or two then head east a few hundred yards.  Each day he would give me fits, gobbling his butt off then going silent.  I don't recall if he had hens or not but he was brutal.  Finally on the 30th of the month I sneaked in a finger of woods between two fields and got what I guessed at 100 yards from him, strutting in the plowed field.  I made a couple of my finest yelps and he came in like he was on a string.  It was later in the morning and I felt like I'd summited Mt Everest.  I had to do something for the old monarch and that's it.

The spurs are self explanatory.  Beards are in a wooden box.........

[BizCT]

If I get one, it will be something like this below with Shell, Beard and spurs. I’d probably pluck a few tail feathers as well




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[BizCT]

On a Side note a turkey skull cleaned up with beetles looks really cool. I don’t have one but have seen them


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[G-Man]

[Nomad]

Brass from shell on top, of tail .

Edited May 15, 2020 by Nomad

[crappyice]

I like the leather tacked over the “meat section”of the lower pic


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[G-Man]

6 hours ago, crappyice said:

I like the leather tacked over the “meat section”of the lower pic


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Best part is there is no meat at all, just fender washers and hot glue. 

 

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[crappyice]

Best part is there is no meat at all, just fender washers and hot glue. 
 
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Do tell! How’s there no meat? My biggest issue is dealing with the clunky-ness of the base of the tail


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[rachunter]

Don't mean to step on this thread,but how do you get the spurs to stay in tack? Mine always fell apart.

The shell over the breads are really cool. 

[518BowSlayer]

gonna do either a full strut or gobbling on a limb for my next one but thought this came out really good

[maytom]

12 hours ago, doebuck1234 said:

Where is @maytom to chime in????

Check out my website at maytomwoodworks.com I have some very unique items for the diehard turkey hunter.

[Five Seasons]

mine's in this thread, there's a guy/company in NY that makes it, let me know if you're interested and i can dig up the info. Be sure to trim your fan real good and put some 20 mule team borax rubbed in, pin it to some cardboard in the position you'd like it.

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by Belo

[grampy]

1 hour ago, maytom said:

Check out my website at maytomwoodworks.com I have some very unique items for the diehard turkey hunter.

For the highest quality, and some absolutely beautiful displays, check out maytoms stuff.

[ApexerER]

2 hours ago, maytom said:

Check out my website at maytomwoodworks.com I have some very unique items for the diehard turkey hunter.

Wow Maytom, I never knew you had a website....that stuff is beautiful.....