I cut the legs/feet off the bird I killed this year and dried them out to save, but wasn't sure what I was going to do with them. I've decided now that I may do one of those displays with the leather string, with just the spurs hanging on it, and the beard hanging from the shell (just the brass part).

The legs/feet are still all in one piece, I didn't cut the spurs off at the time. Will it mess anything up to cut the spurs off now that they're totally dried out? figured I'd just make a cut across the leg just above and below the spurs.

Do I need to do anything to preserve them long-term? I've seen where people somehow remove the outer cap of the spur and do something with it then replace it...