there is a show on the sportsman channel called taxidermy for the sportsman, try to go to the website and look for the episode where the show u how to preserve a fan it will really help u out i always thought it was hard thing to do but they show it to be simple. all u need is a sharp pair of scissors to cut out the "v" bone and a knife to scrape the fat and meat with the show even shows u how to wash the fan and dry it to sluff the feathers its pretty neat....