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Post by paskinner on Dec 13, 2011 20:57:50 GMT -5
Well, having an ok season so far. There are around 80 coon hides here, five gray fox, one red and there are over 50 muskrats not shown. Oh, and a bag of possums! Mink seem scarce this year, muskrats are hard to find in any numbers and the fox population is so-so. But we have lots of coon and beaver. I'm planning to hit the beaver after Christmas, probably a fool idea-time spent brain tanning is much more profitable then fleshing $15 beaver hides....
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Post by paulette on Dec 14, 2011 3:58:44 GMT -5
Why don't you tan your own furs? Get yourself some of that little to no breaking stuff from the taxidermy supply. Sounds good to me.. I'm jealous of all those furs! Beautiful, nice job.. looks like a lot of work!
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Post by paskinner on Dec 14, 2011 13:01:16 GMT -5
I do plan to tan all the grey fox. Got a vest planned for us and will try to sell the rest somewhere. I did three small beaver from last year with Thorpe's Indian Tan. Came out ok, nice white leather, not real soft but flexable. So, I may do any kit beaver I catch this year with that tan and hoop them to sell. When I was up to Thorpe's place he gave me some tips on how he hoops beaver for sale to the tourist trade.
Tanning all those coon and tanning larger beaver just isn't a profitable venture compared to spending my time making buckskin.
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Post by whitedove on Dec 14, 2011 21:29:52 GMT -5
Very Nice... WhiteDove
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Post by paskinner on Dec 17, 2011 16:15:49 GMT -5
Oh and I caught this thing-I'm no expert on tanning coyotes. Tanned the first one I ever caught with some kit from Van Dykes or somewhere-yep, sulpheric acid and it fell apart about five years later. I bark tanned a Texas yote for my brother in law a couple years ago, it was more like our fox in thickness and came out ok. This one, on the other hand, is a big thick eastern dog and I expect, will be about as much work as tanning a big deer hide for a lot less cash. But, I can't bring myself to sell it for $20-$30 to the furbuyer.
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Dec 17, 2011 19:34:25 GMT -5
Looking good brother I havent set any yet but am just about to I cant wait Ive been forging some new drags and all I need is some dollers to get some conecters with
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Post by paskinner on Dec 17, 2011 23:55:18 GMT -5
Good to see ya back, Cody. Hope you have a good season.
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Post by paulette on Dec 18, 2011 7:20:42 GMT -5
Hi Cody. Good to see you're back and anxious to start trapping again. Hope you have a good season, too.
You're sure right on the thickness of our northern coyotes. Beaver too no doubt. The Dakota Pro was a necessity to keep tanning these heavy skin critters. I'd like to see some of the ones I tanned quite a while back now using the sulfuric acid pickle. The recipe used very scant amounts but yes the question is if they are being neutralized fully. Some say they can't ever be completely neutralized. 5 years in an extremely short shelf life. Coyotes were going for around 5. each last year for some reason. So I was just overrun with them! That coyote in the pic looks very ticked off.. doesn't have much color to him, does he? Man your son's growing like a weed.. Bet he's a big help to you now. Great he'll be doing all this 'stuff' years from now and will no doubt remember these days. Good on you folks for teaching your kids some 'skills'! My youngest son is glued to modern warfare 3 now.. WTH?? All I get is, "that's nasty, MOM!"
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