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My first turkey fan

Old 01-01-2010 | 01:15 PM
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This is the fan,beard and spurs off of my first turkey. I did my best
at getting it mounted-hopefully next one will turn out better.

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Old 01-01-2010 | 01:31 PM
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Looks really good to me - congrats. Did you put Borax on the fleshy parts?
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Old 01-01-2010 | 01:48 PM
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I screwed the center meat part of the fan to a 1x6x1/2 board that was approx. 2 foot long and then I put a screw approx. 10 inches out from the screw that in the meat part of the fan and then I just
spread the fan open and hooked the last feather over the screws that were 10 inches out-sorta hard to explain-you would have three
screws in a staight line 10 inches apart-the center holds the fan to the board and the outside two you spread the fan out and hook the last tail feather on each side over them and then I dad a 1x1x1/2 board nailed acroos the top of the fan to hold it in place.
I had it down my basement for 8 months-just gotta around to getting it mounted.
And no, I did not use Borax-I did use salt-probably use borax next time. Just one other hint-do your best to trim the meat where the tail comes together-not easy to do after it gets dried-do not ask how I know.
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Old 01-01-2010 | 05:59 PM
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Impressive...
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Old 01-03-2010 | 08:19 PM
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Excellent I like the plaque where did you get that or did you make it?
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Old 01-04-2010 | 02:49 PM
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The plaque and the hardware that comes with it was purchased from Cabelas-I think that it was in the $45 dollar range.
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Old 01-05-2010 | 06:08 AM
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Nice job!!!
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Old 01-05-2010 | 03:36 PM
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Very nice!
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Old 01-08-2010 | 02:54 PM
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Very good job! Borax makes the job easier though.
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Old 01-09-2010 | 07:13 AM
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looks really nice I shot my first turkey last year put it in a shop trying to let the meat rot off but the rats got a hold of it now all i got is afew feather's
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