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Sharp WVU 00
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:59 pm Posts: 80 Location: Giles Co VA
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Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Finished and have displayed my Osceola from Florida this year. Thanx to WVBoy for the help getting it skinned out properly.
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Tue May 07, 2013 7:48 pm |
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Nice job, looks great.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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Tue May 07, 2013 8:05 pm |
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skimerhorn
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:28 pm Posts: 526 Location: Beaverdam va
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
That is very cool I've never seen that before
_________________ "Hunting is fun"-Jim Shockey
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Tue May 07, 2013 8:08 pm |
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Looks great!!!
Doug
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Tue May 07, 2013 10:00 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
very Nice!, I'm sure many of us (haha,me) would like to know how it was done.
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Tue May 07, 2013 10:37 pm |
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cut_un
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:53 am Posts: 364 Location: Central Va.
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Wow....... looks great
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Tue May 07, 2013 11:10 pm |
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Sharp WVU 00
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:59 pm Posts: 80 Location: Giles Co VA
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Thanks Guys
Hey Bird Dog and others if interested, It was a pretty easy process. The hardest part about the whole thing was actually skinning the cape off the back. The skin gets very thin towards the middle. But here are the steps I took: We hung the turkey up by the neck at a workable height. Cut off the wings just above the shoulder socket to give more room to work. Set these aside. Begin cut around base of neck where it meets the feathers and start skinning down the back and side. There is a line that you can follow down the side of the bird when skinning. Dont worry to much if to much extra skin and feathers come with the cape. They can be trimmed later to make a nice shape. A very sharp knife is a must for this process. Be very careful as you get to the middle of the back as it is very thin skin through there. Once you are down to the Quill, hold the fan folded up in a upward position and cut from underneath just above the shoot to take off the tail fan and keep attached to the cape. Thats pretty much it for caping. I cleaned the flesh side up really good especially getting on the underside of the quill. Pin everything down feather side down on a board and borax, borax, borax, and more borax. Be careful not to ruffle the feathers when laying down on board. I kind of laid it down with a sweeping motion neck to tail fan to keep all the feathers going in the same direction. It dried for about 6 weeks before I felt it was done.
As for the wings, there are 3 joints lets say. I stand the wing on the elbow joint on a table and slice down starting at the shoulder joint. Using a good fillet knife works best IMO. Get right in between the flesh and shoulder bone joint and slice straight down against the bone past the elbow and to the wrist. Be careful once you get to the wrist because the feathers start to wrap back around and you will have to kind of skin them off the bone. You will be left with a continuous flesh strip that has all the feathers attached and no bone. Once it is seperated from the bone you can clean up the fleshy side really well, spread out, pin down, and borax all of this. Note, I put a small slit in between the feathers and any other thicker portion after I have cut away all the meat and such. This allows for the borax to get down in all the little nook and cranies.
Once dried I tacked the wings to the wall and hung the cape over them. Hope this helps and is not to confusing. It is a win win trial to try because if you do mess the cape up while skinning out you can always just cut the tail fan off and mount as usual. Good Luck.
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Wed May 08, 2013 6:36 am |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Beautifully done. I think the wing barring on that bird is one of the best representations i have seen of what true Osceola barring should like. So many "Osceola" pictures have wing barring that looks like a bird from east tennessee or other pure eastern locations. Congratulations again on your bird and your mount presentation.
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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Wed May 08, 2013 8:02 am |
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HODY
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm Posts: 1565 Location: Central VA
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Excellent work. We have skinned several and it is an experience thing. The more you do the better you get. One tip try a few eastern birds first that way if you get an Osceola, Rio, Merriam, you have practiced. Like mentioned when practicing if you screw up you still have the fan. Here is a video that shows what is explained. These really make a nice mount, and to do it yourself saves you a lot of $. http://www.grandslamnetwork.com/mountin ... pe-and-fan
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Wed May 08, 2013 8:03 am |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3038 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
It looks great man.. Glad I could help out a little.. Now I just have to do my wings now.. Mine it still in the Freezer
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Wed May 08, 2013 9:16 am |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Very nice!
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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Wed May 08, 2013 10:17 am |
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Bigmeat
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 670 Location: Hagerstown, MD
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Very Nice, I did one a few years ago very similar to yours, fan up on mine as you can see. I have a few capes done and they all look nice i think.
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Wed May 08, 2013 2:09 pm |
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Strutin
Longbeard
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:53 pm Posts: 103 Location: Clarke County
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Beautiful! That is a meticulous process. Congratulations.
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Wed May 08, 2013 7:18 pm |
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TNTurkeyMan
Jake
Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:34 am Posts: 20 Location: Middle TN
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Re: Osceola Cape Wall Mount
Looks good. I am going to practice on some next year. Wv boy made it look easy
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Fri May 10, 2013 1:13 pm |
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