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#1 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 4:56 pm

Well I finally got some spare time today so I thought I would have a go at mounting my Turkey feathers, Not finished yet but getting there.
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#2 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun May 15, 2011 5:16 pm

That looks great mate!!! :D

I guess you got it in the USA when you were over there. Did we get to see a photo of it?

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#3 Post by bigbob » Sun May 15, 2011 5:56 pm

Na! Be better on my arras! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:
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#4 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun May 15, 2011 6:47 pm

Top stuff Paul,looks really good :wink: :D
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#5 Post by Nephew » Sun May 15, 2011 6:57 pm

That looks excellent! I like it a lot! :D
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#6 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 7:05 pm

Of all the game I have ever wanted to harvest a Turkey was my number 1
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#7 Post by Nephew » Sun May 15, 2011 7:10 pm

USA or NZ, Piggy? Is that an Attila on the turkey?
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#8 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 7:10 pm

USA and Widow
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#9 Post by Nutgrass » Sun May 15, 2011 7:15 pm

Looks good mate. Not that I have ever hunted them, but I never thought of them being mounted as a trophy 8) Looks great.
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#10 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun May 15, 2011 7:34 pm

Thanks for the photo Paul; they aren't an easy thing to shoot with a bow I believe so congrats!!! The feather mount will be a great reminder of a great hunt. :D

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#11 Post by UPTHETOP » Sun May 15, 2011 7:49 pm

Paul thats gonna make a great mount mate, excellent fan.

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#12 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 8:25 pm

Ps A man can never have too many tape measures. :lol:
Their just the ones you can see, I have 3 or 4 in the car and a few others about the shed, being a Plumber you go through a lot when working in the mud so I have plenty on hand.
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#13 Post by dmm » Sun May 15, 2011 8:28 pm

Was it difficult to get all those feathers back to Australian customs?
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#14 Post by Nephew » Sun May 15, 2011 8:41 pm

So to mount it, Piggy, do you skin the bird and just practice normal taxidermy, or mount each feather individually in oasis, like flower arranging? ( :shock: yep, did it as part of a hospitality course I was sent on in the '80s :D )
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#15 Post by Xtfreak » Sun May 15, 2011 8:49 pm

Looks awsome Paul...
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#16 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 8:56 pm

The parsons nose ( for want of a better word) which is the tail of the turkey was removed from the bird, the bird was then skinned and the internals removed.
We ate the Turkey which was cooked on the BBQ, tasted great by the way.
The tail feathers were treated and sent to me, there was a small amount of meat still on keeping the tail feathers complete. I soaked this meat section in water for 24hrs in a small bucket then fanned the tail out to how it looked best and pinned it in place.
I then used hot melt glue to stick the feathers in place to each other then removed all the remaining meat and hot melted them some more.
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#17 Post by piggy » Sun May 15, 2011 8:57 pm

piggy wrote:The parsons nose ( for want of a better word) which is the tail of the turkey was removed from the bird, the bird was then skinned and the internals removed.
We ate the Turkey which was cooked on the BBQ, tasted great by the way.
The tail feathers were treated and sent to me, there was a small amount of meat still on keeping the tail feathers complete. I soaked this meat section in water for 24hrs in a small bucket then fanned the tail out to how it looked best and pinned it in place.
I then used hot melt glue to stick the feathers in place to each other then removed all the remaining meat and hot melted them some more.
dmm no problems at all
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#18 Post by wishsong » Mon May 16, 2011 10:29 am

Awesome job mate !
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#19 Post by piggy » Mon May 16, 2011 7:18 pm

No mate they look the same as when the bird was taken.
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#20 Post by excelpoint » Tue May 17, 2011 5:01 pm

They look awesome mate.
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