Homemade Turkey Fan Mount

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Be sure to leave just enough flesh at the base to keep the bristles intact. Take extra care in the field and transporting the fan and your finished mount will be that much better.

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Lay the turkey down on a bench or table and starting about 6 or more from the base of the tail, make a cut through the skin on the back and begin skinning down to the base of the tail.

Homemade turkey fan mount. All your turkey hunting needs in one place. This turkey fan and beard mounting plaque is the perfect taxidermy display for the serious turkey hunter. You will want to cut at the base of the turkey where the but is, skinning a little bit to get it out.

How to mount a turkey tail. This turkey taxidermy mounting plaque will highlight your turkey fan along with 11 beards so you can continue to build up your display as you have more successful turkey hunts. Displays fan and 11 beards.

Place the fan in a refrigerator for a few days or freezer until you are ready to proceed. Before you do this, you should prepare the. We even offer custom carving on most of our turkey fan mounting plaques to help you remember the hunt.

The edges have not been routed for more of a rustic look to the plaque. This is a turkey fan and beard display made from reclaimed barn wood. May have to hot glue the tail in place but i think the friction.

You'll need to skin alongside the bird's flanks the farther down the back you go. (183) sappy walnut classic deer european skull mount wall / table pedestal. Made it out of some spare oak that my dad cut down and used for trim in my house 18 years ago.

The removal should be pretty quick and simple. I made this plaque for my turkey fan mount. If floor space is at a minimum, but you still want the impact of a strutting mount on a natural base, there are some new forest floor habitat bases which are designed for wall hanging, so today it is possible to have a strutting turkey display in an artistic wall mount.

Moisten the base and dip it in a mixture of salt and borax (about 50:50). Depending on how many rows of secondary feathers you want on your mount, locate the oil gland near the front of the tail and cut around that area. In case you couldn't tell the plaque is supposed to look like a mouth call.

The process is similar to making a cape, though a fan mount has a few added steps to help keep the fan in position once it is dry. Flesh away all the meat and tissue from the base. Fill a small container with the borax/salt mixture and prop the base into this container to sit for the night.

The idea is to slip the tail quills between the two pieces so that the face piece hides the quills and the down. This also brings the bird up to eye level,. There is a slot cut for the beard, and two slots cut to mount the turkey legs to display the spurs.

Lay the tail on cardboard or old newspapers and peel back the skin from the flesh toward the feathers on both sides to expose the knob of flesh and bone that holds all of the tail feather quills. So has the desire to create beautiful turkey fan mounts and turkey beard mount displays & plaques. The plaque has a keyhole cut in the back for flush mounting to the wall.

This is a turkey fan and beard display made from reclaimed barn wood. Turkey fan and beard mount display plaque reclaimed barnwood. The edges have not been routed for more of a rustic look to the plaque.

Youre on your way to mount a turkey fan and beard. My passion for turkey hunting has grown into an obsession. Take your time, as turkey skin is thin.

Apply a 50/50 mixture of borax and salt generously to the flesh and skin left on the base. Our turkey mounting kits are available in oak, walnut, cedar, and weathered wood. There is a slot cut for the beard and the plaque has a keyhole cut in.

Before you go on your. Now move onto the actual process to mount a turkey fan and beard. 5 out of 5 stars.

When it's not turkey season, you'll find me in my workshop creating high quality display mounting plaques, with. Fan mounting a wild turkey is not only beautiful, it's easy to do with just a few household items. I left a 1/4 inch space between the face piece and the backer using a 1/4 inch shim behind the bottom 2/3 or so of the face piece.

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Decoys, calls, ammo, shotguns, shotgun sights, blinds, shooting sticks, and much more. Gently skin away toward the direction of the tail fan, retaining as much of the skin with attached feathers as possible. Pour salt or borax onto the butt end to preserve the fan.

Get the tail fan and spread it out, then hold the secondary tail fans and cut the tail fans out. Simply place the included shotgun We have turkey mount plaques available with carved tracks, a laser engraved strutting turkey, a picture kit, or even with multiple beards.

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