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Started by Buzzkiller, May 15, 2015, 10:28:20 PM
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Buzzkiller
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May 15, 2015, 10:28:20 PM
What can you put on beards to save them?
I noticed that my others from past seasons
are falling apart
Oconeeguy
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May 15, 2015, 11:05:36 PM
borax will preserve it forever.
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May 15, 2015, 11:43:35 PM
Borax will take care of it for you.
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May 16, 2015, 12:27:40 AM
When you remove a beard from a turkey you don't have to cut any meat off with it. All you have to do it grab it at the base and twist. It will not hurt anything but it will come off easy without any meat attached.
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May 16, 2015, 01:56:56 AM
As others have said, borax works well. I've also done many with salt and had had no problems.
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May 16, 2015, 05:00:34 AM
i used salt one time on a beard 3 yrs later i notice a few stands of the beard on the floor from time to time. i use borax. almost the best stuff ever found. all beards treated with borax are doing great. also borax is one heck of a weed killer. if u got nosy neighbors sprinkle some in there yard. and wait for the results haha jk
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May 16, 2015, 08:26:29 AM
I pull mine let me hem dry a couple months and dip the base in epoxy.
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May 16, 2015, 10:20:28 AM
I have a couple in salt now. Would it help to put Borax on them after I dry them in salt? Also would it be worthwhile to put Borax on my older ones? The oldest one is 5 years.
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May 16, 2015, 11:07:58 AM
I have never dipped mine in anything. I leave just a little bit of meat on them and let them dry. I have beards 17 years old and they still look in great shape.
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May 16, 2015, 11:28:47 AM
Any that are not displayed I dip the meat end in borax and store in a cedar box.
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May 16, 2015, 08:51:41 PM
I just restarted turkey hunting about 4 years ago and so far, I haven't killed enough for any to NOT be on display!
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May 16, 2015, 09:25:22 PM
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: May 16, 2015, 09:54:15 PM by West Augusta
I Borax mine as well and then when dry I put a couple of drops of CA on the dried end.
Get Borax at the grocery store in the laundry detergent aisle. Get a box of 20 Mule Team Borax.
A box will last a lifetime. It won't go bad unless you use it to wash your camo.
Your grandmother probably used it all the time.
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May 16, 2015, 09:59:39 PM
Just started redoing my beards to better keep track of them. I put the meat end in borax for a week or so, then I have been taking a piece of 12 ga brass and hot gluing them into the brass. Then I write the number of the bird on the brass as it corresponds with my journal. Been a fun project but got a few to go!
Three I worked on tonight:
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May 17, 2015, 03:54:39 AM
I grab below the beard and pull up toward the head. Just a quick yank and it will come off clean. Then hot glue in the brass of the shell it was killed with like davisd9. I punch the primer out first then add a loop of boot lace through the hole. Hang it on a beard board and it's done. Never had one fall apart and no need to treat with borax/salt because there's no meat to worry about.
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May 17, 2015, 10:47:08 AM
Trouble is getting the beard in that 20ga shell...
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