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Offline aaron

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removing feathers from wings
« on: December 12, 2011, 11:13:23 pm »
what's the best way to remove turkey feathers from dried wings? They are well and truely stuck. do i just pull harder?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2011, 11:22:29 pm »
I use a side cutter/wire cutter and pop 'em as close to the wing as possible.  Once I ran a bunch of 'em thru a bandsaw but the cleanup was a real mess!
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Offline Josh B

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2011, 11:25:27 pm »
Side cutters are what I use as well.  Josh
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Offline iowabow

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2011, 11:32:57 pm »
Hand held tree snippers are what I  use. 
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Offline CherokeeKC

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2011, 12:13:15 am »
side cutter, wire dikes, wire cutters all same thing in case you dont know what we r talkn about aaron.  can also use tin snips
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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2011, 07:17:59 am »
Some time side cutters but most of the time my band saw,Mine our out side so no real clean up problem. ;) :) :) I sometimes do 20/30 pair at a time and side cutters just take to long,If I am just doing a few they work fine. :)
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Offline aaron

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2011, 12:11:24 pm »
ok, great, thanks, guys
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2011, 02:31:32 pm »
Side cutters and a friend to spread the wing out while I snip them.
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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2011, 02:45:30 pm »
  I spread the wing out, grab the primaries in one hand, and then snip em' all off at the base with the other where they enter the wing using wire cutters or hand held twig cutters
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2011, 10:16:24 pm »
Scissors!
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Offline Scowler

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Re: removing feathers from wings
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2011, 09:57:45 am »
A sharp pair of scissors will work.
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