Mounting an Old Fan

[AR Cowboy]

Hello guys,

This spring my brother shot a beautiful Rio. He called yesterday to ask if I would do the fan mount. The problem is the fan has been laying in the garage since May and with some meat on is still stiff as a board.

Is it possible to rehydrate the fan, cut off the meat, and reshape the feathers?

Thanks for the help!!

*This is in taxidermy section as well, but I don't know if it will ever be seen there. 

[West Augusta]

VanHelden Game Calls did a tutorial on just this.
Just scroll down and find "Meat Free Turkey Fan for Display."
http://vanheldengamecalls.weebly.com/diy-projects--blog

[Gobspur]

Yep, stick it in a bucket of water for awhile.

[Gawhitaker]

As West Agusta said this works great
http://vanheldengamecalls.weebly.com/diy-projects--blog.html

[AR Cowboy]

Thank you guys, I will get a picture up once I complete the project. I'm no expert but I've done a couple and he didn't want to pay someone to do it.

[turkeyfoot]

I'd pull the feathers instead of trying to get a fan that old scraped