did a little killing this morning squirels that is, HELP

[fish_4_all]

We can't shoot them here, any of them. Not that many like you guys have out that way though. I have to trade with y'all to get them.

But if had to shoot them I would use a pellet gun, CO2 or good pump style. Works great with a small scope on starling for me. Too bad starling aren't more sought after for tying.

For curing I use borax on everything. Did and entire rooster cape last year and it turned out great and no bugs survived. Drying some trukey wings in it right now. Probably done drying and were frozen for a long time by the one I got them from so no bugs hopefully. When I dried the skin I have the entire thing covered in borax

[Fatman]

Fish - if you tied flies starling are widely used for soft hackle patterns.

Have one question for you on the turkey wings - before you used the borax on them did you get the meat out of the wing??? If not I'd get a sharp knife open that area up and make sure it's not really greasy!! If it is clean it out really good and pack it with borax to dry it out.

Have a buddy who has BIG money in materials as he ties authentic Salmon flies - he'll tell anyone that freezing doesn't really do a thing!!! They survive the winter and the cold, and bugs don't die what is your freezer going to do???

Like to see a pic of the whole skin dried!!!! Your gonna need a really big Ziploc bag for it!! They have them at WalMart - I'll post a pic tonight.

[fish_4_all]

That's why I packed them in borax, I think I will bury them in it to make sure that the bugs die now. The guy I got the wings form had them in the freezer for a long time but no reason to take any chance.

I do tie flies and I have a lot of feathers form starling. Just not many people who use them so no trade value.

I cut up the skin to bag it but have a decent sizes piece still in tact. It is in one of those large zip lock bags. I will dig it out and get a picture along with all the toher parts as soon as I find them all.