What do you do with your turkey beards?

[yelp]

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 

Heres a pic of a few...

[yelp]

No whisk brooms either!   

[SpokaneSlayer]

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.

[boneaddict]

Taxidermied one.  Made some into fly tying materials, tossed the others

[yelp]

define proquality..spokaneslayer.  My method is borax... spreadem, hangem and smellem!

[Gobble]

I taxied the fans and hung the beards from them.

[SpokaneSlayer]

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?

[boneaddict]

better preserved.  less bug issues

[Intruder]

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

[Gobble]

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.

[yelp]

I suck the fat out and chew the meat off then put the borax on...    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.

[wastickslinger]

I suck the fat out and chew the meat off then put the borax on...    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

[yelp]

Interesting idea...the beard comb over.  Nice 

[strutnrut1984]

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.

[NWTFhunter]

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.