Taxidermy Tips: How to mount a turkey tail fan and beard panel Episode #4 

My goodness, you cleaned out the meat from those feathers SO thoroughly!!!

Awesome step by step so sad I didn't find your video first

thanks... There was one part at the very end of my fan mount that I could not figure out until I saw your video and it was absolutely perfect thank you so much you just saved me a whole lot of Mental anguish ...lol

Just a quick tip in case you didn't know, but the beard is actually a feather. If you get a firm hold at the base you can pull it right out.

I use silicone sealant in place of Bondo. Works great.

Great tips and T-Shirt!

This was a great video. Thank you

Does the borax need to set any amount of time on the skin? I watched another video that said it had to dry out for two weeks before bondo-ing. Thanks for the very helpful video!

Good job man really helpful!

how would you preserve the legs and wings

So you do the bondo right after borax?

Hi, i Have a Falcón wings And tail cutted which i put them spreaded on a wooden board with a lot of salt. Where i live the weather is a little moist so the salt got a little moist too, even It was indoors with heat. After that even the parts and the meat is dry, it has a funny smell like dry meat but maybe rotten, not from magets dough but it smells funny. I wanted to try to make a fan out of the wings And tail.What can i do about the smell?Can it be fixed with a substance or something?What can you recomend?Thanks And awesome video!

Zildjian!

I had done this and tails turned out nicely, but had a moth infestation (after 1-2 years of enjoying results), and the moths ate most of the fine "hairs" on the feathers, leaving lots of holes in the fan/stripped quills. Any recommendations on avoiding that in the future, beyond "don't get moths". :) I've been looking into Mount Medix products. PS, nice work!

When you are separating the quills from the fat, how are they still held together? What should I avoid cutting?

Where did you find the mounting kit?

Ok so I am new to this but thought I would try to preserve a tail....I did not do my research now have a tail that is moving =( My question is can I recover from this? I salted it, but now see Borax is the trick...Would freezing it give me a second chance? Again....I am very new at this and without experience there is no knowledge =)

Whats the red he is adding to the bondo?

Does the borax need to set any amount of time on the skin? I watched another video that said it had to dry out for two weeks before bondo-ing. Thanks for the very helpful video!

Does the borax need to set any amount of time on the skin? I watched another video that said it had to dry out for two weeks before bondo-ing. Thanks for the very helpful video!