saving a turkey fan
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Maybe a few taxidermists that aren't busy have the time to do what you're showing
I'll bet money it will last just as long as your expensive job!
Yep, it's lucky for you and others that some people can hardly figure out how a zipper works and need high priced pros to do things for them that are really pretty simple and economical to do yourself.
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Quote:
Originally Posted by Topgun 3006
...I take a penknife and remove all the meat and fat from the entire base area
Yep, I said the base area in that quote and I don't call the base area way up into the quill area you're talking about and don't touch any of it to the extent you show and I'll bet very few others do, including some of the taxidermist videos I watched showing the procedure they use. Hey, I'm pretty anal and a perfectionist myself in everything I do and to you and your last post I say BS!!! The part we're talking about is covered up and has nothing to do with the appearance of the fan unless someone does such a lousy job removing what they should and not preserving it such that it falls apart, LOL!!
Originally Posted by Topgun 3006
...I take a penknife and remove all the meat and fat from the entire base area
Yep, I said the base area in that quote and I don't call the base area way up into the quill area you're talking about and don't touch any of it to the extent you show and I'll bet very few others do, including some of the taxidermist videos I watched showing the procedure they use. Hey, I'm pretty anal and a perfectionist myself in everything I do and to you and your last post I say BS!!! The part we're talking about is covered up and has nothing to do with the appearance of the fan unless someone does such a lousy job removing what they should and not preserving it such that it falls apart, LOL!!
#13
Fork Horn
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I guess the readers of the thread can make their own decisions, as you have, about what extent they want to go to when removing fat and meat. I have been a professional taxidermist for nearly 15 years, and have probably done hundreds of birds/tails over the years. My professional advice is to clean them so there is nothing there to rot. No one has to take my advice, but those that do will be happy with the results, and can rest assured their mount will not attract the dermestid beetles that can destroy other mounts, as well as clothing and furniture. I like a little peace of mind.
If you are not worried about carpet beetles, or don't mind a temporary odor from the rotting fat, then by all means take a shortcut and just do the bare minimum. Everyone gets to decide for themselves.
If you are not worried about carpet beetles, or don't mind a temporary odor from the rotting fat, then by all means take a shortcut and just do the bare minimum. Everyone gets to decide for themselves.
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
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Must be pretty slow in your taxidermy shop if you have all this free time to spout off on a website about how great you are and us poor peon DIYers will just have to live with our bug infested mounts, LOL! Thanks for your info. though and I'll keep the $150 you're charging for your fan mounts and buy a couple tanks of gas for my Wyoming trip this Fall!! Sorry, as I guess I'm a little testy with this friggin heat wave we're having right now! You have a good one as I see on your website that you do good work and I didn't mean to imply that you didn't.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 07-03-2012 at 10:24 AM.
#15
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Fountain City, WI
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Must be pretty slow in your taxidermy shop if you have all this free time to spout off on a website about how great you are and us poor peon DIYers will just have to live with our bug infested mounts, LOL! Thanks for your info. though and I'll keep the $150 you're charging for your fan mounts and buy a couple tanks of gas for my Wyoming trip this Fall!! Sorry, as I guess I'm a little testy with this friggin heat wave we're having right now! You have a good one as I see on your website that you do good work and I didn't mean to imply that you didn't.
Although it's possible to get the same quality doing it yourself, you'll probably save time, hassle, perhaps money by having a professional do it.
Cheers!
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
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All I did was say that the way most of do ours is not the way he does and it's not necessary. Then he came back and used very derogatory words to describe what I feel is a very nice looking job that cost me only a few dollars for the plaque, and not $150 that he charges on his website. His work is very good and I said so in my followup post, but as I stated earlier, I like a more natural appearing fan than one like his that is combed to perfection with each feather postioned like it was synthetic and unnatural. Everybody to his own, but I didn't see anyone come on this thread and say they did their birds like he does and other's descriptions of how they do theirs was exactly as I mentioned that I do mine.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 07-12-2012 at 01:55 PM.