Spurs-Beard ideas U have done?

[leech~~]

What kind of Spur and Beard ideas have you made out of them?

Pictures go a long way.

[leech~~]

Wow, no ones done any cool stuff with them? I heard some one talk about putting their beard in the shot gun shell? How does that look?

[Wallydog]

Leech, here' what I've been doing for a long time

[leech~~]

Holy smokes Wallydog. Hunt Turkeys much! Looks more then a life time of birds if you had to wait for a drawing in MN! How about spurs, I see a few sitting there. What do you do with them? Thanks for the ideas.

[bigbucks]

Buddy told me this the other day & then showed me some.

Cut the leg bone on either side of the spur, probably have a 1/2" chunk of leg bone with spur on it.

Boil it, until it cleans up & the marrow essentially comes out.

Now it's hollow & can put on a string, wire, chain, etc. He said you could make a hat band or a necklace, with a bunch of them of course. Pretty cool idea I thought. Not sure where he got it from.

[Wallydog]

No need to boil the spurs. Just cut leg bone with a hacksaw, use a utility knife to cut the skin around the spur, peel it off with associated tendons, push marrow out, give a good dusting in 20 mule team borax and they are good to go. I always run the tag thru both spurs and save on a string. I aspire to make a neckelace, hatband or something one day. I do have a few!

WD

[hugonian1]

Here is my turkey from last year.

I just bought a kit at FF.

It is made by HS Strut.

I think it cost 20 bucks.

[leech~~]

Nice hugonian 1. I picked up one at FF as well like that so I may add my spurs like that also. Did you pull the outside sheathe off your spurs or were they a light color like that?

[hugonian1]

Leech, I just peeled the scaly skin off the bone portion. You need to kind of cut around the base of the spur a little and grab it with a pliers and it will peel right off.

That is what the spurs looked like when I took the bird.

I think as they get older they get longer/ skinnier/ sharper & lighter in color.

If you look at the hooks on DonBo's Pops bird they look similar in color.