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The Complete Guide to Turkey Taxidermy: How to Prepare Fans, Beards, and Body Mounts

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I bought this book for my son as he has become interested in taxidermy and he likes it! He says there is great information included on working with turkeys which is one of his favorite game birds. Thanks!

I purchased this book because in the past I've had the resources to have my turkeys mounted by professionals(just finished a world slam), the deindustrialization of the USA leaves me with fewer resources and time to dabble in taxidermy (otherwise referred to as retirement due to plant closing). This seems to be a good book for a total novice like myself and has a lot of useful information, such as tools to buy, what is essential versus what is optional if you have the money, alternatives to commercial products that are available, and different methods to gain a given result.
The one thing I was most interested in, mounting a tail fan with the cape attached, seemed a bit lacking in detail. Also, there was no mention of possibly mounting the cape/fan to felt or other backing material. This may seem like nit picking, but turkey skin (of a cape) is not a tough material to be hanging on a wall. I have a blanket mount (essentially a cape/fan with everything but the legs and head attached) which is mounted on a board. If that taxidermist was available for comment, and not in New Zealand, I'd be asking him, why that wall attachment method and what else would work?
Overall, a good book, lots of illustrations, glad I bought it, and hope to be able to use the advice/methods this spring to good effect.