tree fungus turkey

[stone road turkey calls]

One of the members made this for me from tree fungus, i'ts hand painted looks pretty good. mabey he will make you one. pm me i will hook you up with him.

[NCBigShot]

...Neat!

[callmakerman]

I like it.

[handcannon]

Now how cool is that?! I've never seen something like that before. Just looking at the picture, the turkey looks like it was tooled leather. That's really neat. It'd look great in my man cave, minus your name and adding mine.  I might have to get with you on that one.

[West Augusta]

That looks great. A buddy of mine skrimshaws on the white ones. They look neat.

[870BkWht]

Gary,  glad you like it.  I also have done painting/burning of racoons, trout, and other things as well. 

[M,Yingling]

Thats pretty creative ,,Nice work 

[handcannon]

Is it preserved some kind of way to keep it from decaying? It'd be a shame to see something like that shrink, shrivel or turn after time.

[joshua]

Never seen something like that. Great job.

[WyoHunter]

Very original and creative!

[870BkWht]

Is it preserved some kind of way to keep it from decaying? It'd be a shame to see something like that shrink, shrivel or turn after time.

It was already dry before I painted/burned it.  The moisture content in it is almost nill compared to when I picked it.  Its quite a bit different than wood in that its high in moisture, however it dries out quickly and almost completely. 

I also doubt that it will shrink any since its done drying.

[VanHelden Game Calls]

Just a FYI.

I pick a few of these every year.  Tips I learned
1. pick in winter when there dormant
2. Never get water on the white side not even hand oils it will turn brown
3. Works great for woodburning's
4. Microwave before using.  I have found there full of little beetle mite things.  You will not notice them but after awhile sitting on a shelf you will see little casings under the shroom.  I used a bug bomb no help, tried freezing-no help, nuked it for 20 seconds - not a bug in over 2 years.