pheasant skins

I'm looking to make some wall hangings out of some pheasent skins. Does anyone have a process for doing this? Any other suggestions?
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Not sure what your looking for

Are you looking for a process for wall hanging just the skins? I have seen decorative wreaths made out of pheasant skins, and I believe they use the very same process as any taxidermist uses to skin, flesh, wash, tumble, blow dry, and bug proof with borax. I cant imagine anyone doing it any other way.

Simple process

Yes, just the skins. I thought I saw a fairly simple method of skinning and salting the skins and just letting them dry. I've got the birds skinned but before I did anything else I was looking for some advice. I'm not a taxidermist so I'm not sure what is involved in the process of skinning, fleshing, tumbling, etc. but I will look into. Thanks for the response

Help

You can skin out the bird, and get off as much meat and fat as possible. Then, go to your local Walmart or grocery store, and look in the laundry section. Buy some Borax, a laundry soap that is sold in a green box. Rub some of the borax into your pheasant skin, then pin the skin to a board or cardboard sheet and let it dry. When it is completely stiff, you can do whatever you like with the skin. Borax is something we use for preserving bird skins all the time, and it is very cheap and easy to find:o)

Most pheasants have very little fat

Taxidermists use a scissors and a wire wheel or brush to flesh birds out. Since most pheasants only have a couple lines of fat on them they are easily defatted. Just make sure that you have all the fat and meat cut off and then you can give the skin a once over with a wire brush to break the outside membrane. Be sure to invert the wings as far as possible so that you get all the meat off the wing bones or it will cause a smell and consequently a bug problem. Wash the entire skin in water and dawn dish soap. Pat dry with towels and then blow dry. You may also try putting some borax in a gabage bag and using it to somewhat tumble your bird dry enough to just have to spend a little time with the blow dryer. Borax as Becky said and so on.

Good Luck

Thanks for the input

Thanks to all who responded, I think I'm on my way!. Best Regards
Dan