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What do you do with your turkey beards?
« on: January 28, 2009, 09:28:31 AM »
I just cut them off and collect em.  I need to find a good way to display them..any ideas?  I got several on beard hangers...What a problem to have right...what to do with all of them?  LOL  :chuckle:

Heres a pic of a few...


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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2009, 09:29:53 AM »
No whisk brooms either!  :) 
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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2009, 09:32:14 AM »
I've only taken 2 turkey's, but have only hunted 2 seasons.  I mounted both the fans and beards.  Did the mounts myself so they are pro quality.




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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 09:35:56 AM »
Taxidermied one.  Made some into fly tying materials, tossed the others

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2009, 09:38:19 AM »
define proquality..spokaneslayer.  My method is borax... spreadem, hangem and smellem!
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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2009, 09:42:21 AM »
I taxied the fans and hung the beards from them.

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2009, 09:42:54 AM »
My first attempt the fan wasn't spread out all the way.  My second was much better.  I think I let it dry longer.  The secondary tail feathers aren't quite aligned, but it still looks good.  Get some compliments from some of the guys here at work.  I used regular old salt.  Does the Borax dry them out faster?




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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2009, 09:45:31 AM »
better preserved.  less bug issues

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2009, 09:45:53 AM »
I've mounted a few of my fans w/ the beard.  I've kept all my beards and spurs but stopped keeping fans... don't have space for em :)

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2009, 09:49:30 AM »
I lay mine out on a large piece of cardboard or plywood. Then take nail or pins and spread out the fan to the desired shape and insert a few backup pins and nails to make sure it stays. I have salted all mine with lots of salt in the fleshy area. Borax will work fine as well.

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2009, 10:09:14 AM »
I suck the fat out and chew the meat off then put the borax on... :chuckle:   Spreadem and letem dry.  Borax is great.  If you got a fatty use a little acetone to wipe it off.  Borax usually takes care of it.
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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2009, 12:18:22 PM »
I suck the fat out and chew the meat off then put the borax on... :chuckle:   Spreadem and letem dry.  Borax is great.  If you got a fatty use a little acetone to wipe it off.  Borax usually takes care of it.

You could make a sweet hairpiece :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2009, 01:17:02 PM »
Interesting idea...the beard comb over.  Nice  :chuckle:
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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2009, 01:49:58 PM »
i have 3 mounted 1 full strutt and 2 breast mounts. 3 fan mounts and the rest i made a real nice beard board. and have them on that. the fan mounts i did myself. i pinned them out on a large piece of cardboard  and used borax  to dry the meat that was left on the tail after cutting off.

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Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2009, 03:20:15 AM »
Well, I had a few of my tail feather mounts with the beards attatched to them. They were real nice looking.
When I moved up from Cali, I had left them with my hunting buddy because he had the room in his storage.
You know where this going right ?

Well, a short time later he was out getting the things that I had left with him so that we could meet up and make the exchange.  He called me and said the rats had completely eaten my mounts !!   I was a bit upset...

So, now I have to start all over again.

 


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