You could read that title in a bunch of ways but of course I'm saying what do I do when I havthree tails of birds that mean a lot to me? But not enough space?
Right now I have my one Rio Grande(22lbs 10inch beard 3/4 spurs) first large eastern (23.5lbs, 8inch fat rope, 7/8 spurs most beautiful fan 23 feathers all intact). But I also have this years bird 22.5 10.5 and inch spurs. Very unique bird.
But....His fan was destroyed. When he came out semi strutting he was already missing two middle tail feathers and after he did the death flop he lost two more. His fan is in rough shape.
I want to keep all of them displayed. How does someone pick between these three? The Rio stays. It'll be my only one. But one of these two brutes needs to stay.
Now here's the choice. 1. Force my wife to live with all three and have a massively cluttered living room of fans. This is my choice....but also could lead to an angry wife.i can deal with that...for awhile.
2. Keep the beautiful fan of the first big bird, replace the beard and spurs on the mount. Take the spurs and beard of the original and but beard in a shotgun shell and hang it on a peg and start a spur chain.
3.start hanging every fan of every bird leading to divorce by fan hoarding.
Not sure how to post a poll so just place number or suggestion in the comments!
Move one to another room
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I have two fans up, and she's got one. This year two more of mine are going up.... I suspect in the near future a seperate room will have to be used to display many of the tails.
But I'd say go for 3.
I just place mine in a big box , and i can take them out anytime... i place a note on each fan and such...i have some on display at the hunting cabin with a full mounted bird...
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3 fan mount with beard and spurs all in the space of one mount. Put the beat up one in the back.
I have one of these with my wife's first three birds on it
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How many pairs of shoes does she have? If she's like most she's got a lot ...tell her 1 gobbler fan and 1 pair of shoes lol.
Can always remove the tail feathers from the fan that isn't in good shape. Clean them up and put them in a mason jar.
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I don't keep any tails.
And I wouldn't hang any in my living room.
It's just feathers man, a happy wife is FAR more important.
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Quote from: Ericbrooks on May 23, 2017, 09:35:30 PM
I don't keep any tails.
And I wouldn't hang any in my living room.
It's just feathers man, a happy wife is FAR more important.
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X2 If she ain't happy, you sure won't be.
This will hold 8 And you can hang it on the wall too, I have 24 fans up in a spare room :)
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Not sure how many birds you've killed but I'd get rid of the one with missing feathers. They don't make a good display when missing 4 feathers. If you've got pics, beard and spurs, you're set. As mentioned before, upset wife...
I have no decorative influence on the main floor and upstairs, however, I don't want any hunting related stuff in my living room or family room anyway. We have many friends who don't hunt and I see no reason to saturate them with mounts and make them uncomfortable. I also don't find it very tasteful. My trophy room is my entire basement and my wife allows me to do as I wish down there with mounts, etc.
To me, one or two fans looks ok but you need to keep a trophy room uncluttered for it to be presentable and tasteful. Too much stuff compressed into too little space looks Redneck in my opinion.
You'll get to the point where you stop caring about fans. Hopefully that's before your wife decides she's has enough of the clutter and tells ya so long!
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I normally don't ask permission and do what I want to...the way I look at it one way or the other one of us is going to be miserable so why should it be me? :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :z-dizzy:
I just put everything in my office/call room. There's no hunting associated stuff anywhere else in the house.
I'm not allowed to get any new tail either. But then again neither is she.
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I finished a room in my pole shed for some stuff that didn't fit in my first man cave in my house. I also have my world slam of fans up and there's another 10 on another wall. Then I have 20 or so in my shop too. Plus 7 full body mounts.
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After almost 25 years I really only care about the fan I have off the my first spring bird. I only keep beards and spurs now. I've got a few other fans but that one will never be discarded.
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Quote from: neal on May 24, 2017, 09:01:28 PM
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I finished a room in my pole shed for some stuff that didn't fit in my first man cave in my house. I also have my world slam of fans up and there's another 10 on another wall. Then I have 20 or so in my shop too. Plus 7 full body mounts.
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Holy fans Batman! That's impressive right there.... And a wall covered in turkey fans, who need wallpaper right?
I plan on hanging mine and my girlfriends firsts up, she's just got the Eastern Tom. I'll soon to have my first ever, first I got myself (jake), first tom I shot myself, now first Merriam...
Hang them in the garage, I sure hope you do not elk and deer hunt.
The great room (kitchen/living room) at my place has more of a trappers feel with furs hanging.
The call shop gets wallpapered with the fans. Some good ideas for display here.
I make a 3 tail holder and line them up around the shop.
I have one in my den, one in my office, one at my duck hunting cabin, and one in my gun cabinet on the back wall (custom in built cabinet). Not allowed to have one at the beach(per momma's instructions), but that would be odd anyways. I also hang one on the outside of my barn every year. They will last a little over a year just hung outside. All the ones I have kept mean something to me for one reason or another. The regular ones I either toss or take the feathers out of and make a few pens for Great nephews and nieces.
I have killed a bajillion ducks and geese and have exactly one mount. Same for deer, just one. No fish. I am not that much into mounting critters. No judgement on those who do, but the hunt is locked in my cranium and that is enough for me.
The Mason jar is a cool idea.
Teach the wife to Turkey hunt. She maybe more appreciative. Another room is always an option. I use up one tail a year on my decoys. I really like the realisum. One mount in my living room, a B&C mtn lion full mount climbing down the wall. That's enough.
My office has a dozen mounts, like the redneck look. Working on basement mancave with independant air conditioning. Have two Merriam full mount turkeys to go in it and two really nice Rio's in the frezzer waiting to go to the Taxidermist. Next year a Florida bird. Hate restrictions: be creative.
How about a nicely framed pic of you and the bird? Wife mite be more tolerant of that...and with the background and everything...just as many or more memories maybe. Just a thought.
I have never saved a fan. I have removed them but always ask what am i going to do with this thing.
I have saved a feather or two.
I have one fan on the wall. The pic is of the wife and her 1st bird. On the other side are the spurs, beard and schell casing from my 1st 20ga. bird. This is in our living room.
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Quote from: captpete on May 29, 2017, 01:45:04 PM
I have one fan on the wall. The pic is of the wife and her 1st bird. On the other side are the spurs, beard and schell casing from my 1st 20ga. bird. This is in our living room.
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Where did you get the stands for your euro mounts? I have some that are very similar. I bought them from a guy of archery talk that made them. I can't remember his name to try and get in contact with him.
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Quote from: eorlando on May 29, 2017, 01:53:55 PM
Quote from: captpete on May 29, 2017, 01:45:04 PM
I have one fan on the wall. The pic is of the wife and her 1st bird. On the other side are the spurs, beard and schell casing from my 1st 20ga. bird. This is in our living room.
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Where did you get the stands for your euro mounts? I have some that are very similar. I bought them from a guy of archery talk that made them. I can't remember his name to try and get in contact with him.
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I got mine from a guy on Archerytalk also and have no idea who he is either. I have 2 others that are wall mounted, but want the bases so I set them on a stand like these 2. If I figure it out I'll let you know.
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Quote from: eorlando on May 29, 2017, 01:53:55 PM
Quote from: captpete on May 29, 2017, 01:45:04 PM
I have one fan on the wall. The pic is of the wife and her 1st bird. On the other side are the spurs, beard and schell casing from my 1st 20ga. bird. This is in our living room.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c112/PyreCapt/Deer%20-%20turks/104_3028_zpssk54wxju.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/PyreCapt/media/Deer%20-%20turks/104_3028_zpssk54wxju.jpg.html)
Where did you get the stands for your euro mounts? I have some that are very similar. I bought them from a guy of archery talk that made them. I can't remember his name to try and get in contact with him.
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I got mine from a guy on Archerytalk also and have no idea who he is either. I have 2 others that are wall mounted, but want the bases so I set them on a stand like these 2. If I figure it out I'll let you know.
Definitely let me know. I would love to get some more from him. I bet it was 10 years ago that I got them. I thought his handle was something like hollybarrel or something like that. I tried searching on there but came up empty handed. I thought he was from Michigan.
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Thanks for the tips guys! Wife's agreed to a combined total of 4. And the file rack? Amazing idea! And the beat up fan had maggots on it. First fan I've let dry in the garage never again. My dad got a beauty of a bird this weekend that I called in and he may let me use that fan as it's identical to the one I got this year.
What an awesome season! Both dad and I called and trophy in for one another. Can't ask much more than that!