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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: yelp on January 28, 2009, 09:28:31 AM

Title: What do you do with your turkey beards?
Post by: yelp 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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Post by: yelp on January 28, 2009, 09:29:53 AM: No whisk brooms either! :)
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Post by: SpokaneSlayer 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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Post by: boneaddict on January 28, 2009, 09:35:56 AM: Taxidermied one. Made some into fly tying materials, tossed the others
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Post by: yelp on January 28, 2009, 09:38:19 AM: define proquality..spokaneslayer. My method is borax... spreadem, hangem and smellem!
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Post by: Gobble on January 28, 2009, 09:42:21 AM: I taxied the fans and hung the beards from them.
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Post by: SpokaneSlayer 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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Post by: boneaddict on January 28, 2009, 09:45:31 AM: better preserved. less bug issues
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Post by: Intruder 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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Post by: Gobble 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.
Title: Re: What do you do with your turkey beards?
Post by: yelp 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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Post by: wastickslinger on January 28, 2009, 12:18:22 PM: Quote from: yelp 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.

You could make a sweet hairpiece :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: yelp on January 28, 2009, 01:17:02 PM: Interesting idea...the beard comb over. Nice :chuckle:
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Post by: strutnrut1984 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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Post by: NWTFhunter 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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Post by: strutnrut1984 on January 29, 2009, 10:46:36 AM: well i say get after em nwtf. sorry to here about the mounts . my tail on my strut mount got beat up really bad on my move from back east.