I was just kiding, Chuck. Keep those feathers for your tying. The main flight feathers- the 1st five or so, are called pointers, and then the wide shoulder feathers are called rounds, I guess because they are round, unlike the pointy pointers. LOL, at least that's what my feather-merchant calls them. There's some seconday pointers that make neat flies, too.
The mottled rounds are your muddler wings, hopper wings, etc. You can use the leading edge barbs off the first few pointer feathers as turkey 'biots', for legs and wrapping bodies. THey are not as sriff and strong as duck and goose biots, but they are longer and make neat quill-type bodies. Dyed, they make durable segmented bodies if tied on a cement-coated shank or underbody. A couple of recipes here down the page: http://www.royalgorgeanglers.com/fly_pattern_recipes.php DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Preserving some Turkey wings I see... Well, Mr Eaux has sent me a lot of stuff in the past so I'll have to return the favor LOL... Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Gosling To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 12:39 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Preserving some Turkey wings Don Ortez of Wyoming. Don showed me his Bait's Motel collection of mice which was really humourous. Don makes mice and has these really funny different mice he makes. Some are very clever. He is a crazy fly tyer and spends hours making really clever flies like a flexo tubing sail fish and also a giant muddler minnow scuplture tied on like a 30/0 shark hook using 12" turkey quills. See what I mean Chuck. be careful! Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Preserving some Turkey wings Chuck, Send to me- let me check it out for you. I'll let you know if I think they can be saved. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:27 PM Subject: [VFB] Preserving some Turkey wings Folks: I know we just talked about tanning and preserving hides, but today I came upon a HUGE roadkilled wild turkey.. I skidded on the brakes, turned around and picked him up..His body, head and tail were pretty messed up, but his wings were in almost perfect shape (and he has some feathers that are over a foot long and over 2 inches across. Huge feathers..Anyway, what I did (for now, till I can get some advise) is cut the wings loose from the body at the shoulders, put the meaty end in a gallon zip lock, bought three boxes of tablesalt and poured it in the bag, filling it past where any raw meat was sticking out.. What should I do now??? I thought about just clipping the big wing feathers off, but there is a whole patch of small (hen like) feathers on each wing too..Thanks, Chuck -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/562 - Release Date: 12/1/2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/565 - Release Date: 12/2/2006
