Had some free time today and decided to try to do my first fan mount. I put the tail of my first bird and beards and spurs from both. Bought the plaque for $15 on Ebay with free shipping so a very small investment in it. Not awesome but I did not think it was too bad for a first time.
There was some meat left but it has been covered in Borax since I shot him. I left some extra layers of feathers just to see how it would look. My other fan mounts that were done for me only have the big feathers.