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Jackson Dean has a lot of tattoos, but one of his favorites is still the large turkey feather that runs the length of his outer right forearm. The story of how and where he got the tattoo is definitely a unique one.

Jackson Dean – turkey feather tattoo :39

“I got this from an ex-con in West Virginia at a show at a 4-H Center, Beckley, West Virginia. We went up there and did a show, and the guy that put on the show had this dead oak tree crawling up his arm and I was like, ‘Man, that’s awesome.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, my guy comes to my house, you want one?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ So, he shows up with his kit, he’s covered from the top of his head all the way down. He was in the state pen like four times and just did tats in prison with guitar strings. And he put a picture of a turkey feather right there, and I said, ‘That’s what I want.’ And he just did it freehand and it took like three hours. And he was so nice. He just cooked barbecue and did everybody’s tattoos in town.”