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Skinning Wings

Discussion in 'Bird Taxidermy' started by jerhuntr, Nov 26, 2022.

  1. Nov 26, 2022 #1
    jerhuntr

    jerhuntr Member

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    How do you all preserve the last little wing bones (metacarpal?)? Not too much seems to be addressed on this. Turkeys, geese ,I guess bigger birds I will see flesh removed from under the wing with a small incision. But smaller ,pheasants or ducks or even smaller like quail for instance, is there enough flesh to worry about? Inject maybe? Is there a "rule of thumb", say, " bigger than a pheasant? Or certain types of birds? Waterfowl vs upland? Any responses should be helpful. Thanks
     
  3. Nov 26, 2022 #2
    3bears

    3bears Well-Known Member

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    From large ducks on up, I make a cut on underside and remove meat and often use superglue to close it up. Most upland I don't worry about it. Turkeys I for sure remove as I stated.
     

  5. Nov 26, 2022 #3
    Tanglewood Taxidermy

    Tanglewood Taxidermy Well-Known Member

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    I remove it from quail on up.
     
  6. Nov 27, 2022 #4
    Wildthings

    Wildthings Well-Known Member

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    I don't on anything duck size down. Geese turkeys cranes etc it comes out
     
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  7. Nov 28, 2022 #5
    joeym

    joeym Old Murphey

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    The first decent ducks I mounted 50 years ago all lost their primaries due to dermestids. No matter how small the bird, I slice down between the bones with a scalpel and remove any flesh, then rub in DP. My preservative of choice for birds is Larry Bloomquists' "PRES" sold by McKenzie. I do not close the incision on commercial birds. I think the open incision aids in rapid and continual drying of the wing tips.
     
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