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No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby sam » Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:16 am

I was wondering what everyone does or if they have any ideas on what to do with Turkey fans after you have already accumulated plenty from years past? I only have so much wall space in the house and no room in garage for the fans. Just trying to get some ideas because I feel like it's a waste to just throw away fans in the future.


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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Kokes » Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:10 am

Following this thread...I'm in the same boat:)
Maybe its time for a full body mount;)
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Jdw » Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:59 am

Collect beards and spurs instead.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby PK_ » Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:12 am

Fanning and decoying.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Grizzlyadam » Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:13 am

Me too! I have a pile of them and could never find a good home for them. I just keep stacking them up in a corner. Same with beards, I just pile them up on a shelf. It would be cool to see some good ideas to display these things in a trophy room or whatever.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby backstraps » Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:13 am

Several years ago, I went online and decided to give away a ton of fans! Decoy and fanning are also great uses for the fans.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby muddy » Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:21 am

I dont do fans, just keep the beards and spurs now. The kids want fans so I dry fans for them. Its redneck and I love to see my wife's eye twitch when she sees them.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby wolfie729 » Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:39 am

sam wrote:I was wondering what everyone does or if they have any ideas on what to do with Turkey fans after you have already accumulated plenty from years past? I only have so much wall space in the house and no room in garage for the fans. Just trying to get some ideas because I feel like it's a waste to just throw away fans in the future.


I’ll take em for decoys!!!
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby thwack16 » Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:44 am

I’ve never kept one and have killed quite a few birds. Usually keep beards and spurs, but even those just pile up in the corner of the shed. In truth, unless I find one with impressive enough spurs and beard(s) to full body mount, I’d much rather be able to blow life back into them to be able to play the game again.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby matt1336 » Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:19 pm

I threw all mine out. I wish I didn’t now cuz I want some for fanning/reaping/scoot n shooting.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby sam » Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:53 pm

I thought about using fans for decoys and fanning. I seen some mounts on pinterest where they stack fans one on top of the other. My boys hunt now that they are old enough so bagging 3 or more birds a year the fans would stack up quick. I need more wall space lol
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Mountain Man » Wed May 01, 2019 7:52 am

I only have 2 fans - my first gun kill and my first bow kill. Since then I only keep beards and spurs.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Bio1 » Mon May 13, 2019 11:27 am

Just beards and spurs for me. I cut the spurs off and put them on a rawhide loop. Never have kept a fan for some reason. A buddy of mine has a shadow box with all his beards which looks pretty cool.

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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Thesouthpaw » Fri May 31, 2019 11:42 pm

I honestly throw a lot of mine away. This year I was lucky enough to tag 5 birds, and my fiance used all of the feathers from the fans to make wedding decorations.
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Re: No room for anymore Turkey fans

Unread postby Robert501st » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:27 am

Thesouthpaw wrote:I honestly throw a lot of mine away. This year I was lucky enough to tag 5 birds, and my fiance used all of the feathers from the fans to make wedding decorations.


Just saw this thread. Was going to mention selling them to crafters. I know of an artist who paints images of other wildlife on turkey feathers.

I made this stacked display:
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