gethuntin
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I am attempting to put of fur for auction and have read through the pelt handling for profit but have some questions.
After you tube skin a coyote or coon it says to remove an exess fat or grease. What do they term grease? last night i just spent half hour skinning a coyote and 2.5 hours fleshing and sewing holes and i still have more fleshing around the face.
After i reread the pelt handling file I am now thinking that i may not have had to flesh the membrane off? By membrane i am referring a white layer that is about 1/16 or 1/8 of inch thick thats attatched the leather part of the hide. Last nights yote was the first time i really got to see the membrane peel off the leather like that. All the times before it was really slimy or i had a dull fleshing knife and i could never get it off without a sander when it dried up a bit
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Also wondering what does your hind quarters (flanks) look like when you put it on the stretcher. Mine just look kinda like flaps wrapped around and I overlapped them and pinned them on the stretcher guessing i should not of overlapped them but do you trim them shorter then?
If it is requiered to flesh the hide how long can one expect to get a hide done on average from the first cut of skinning untils its on the stretcher- after last night i need to shave of about 2.5 hours for is to be worth while.
Also wondering do they use the arm pit and neck area of a coyote or do they dock the price for imperfections in these areas? My last yote i put up i messed up around the front legs and ended up with one big square hole - i basically cut out the armpits and legs. It also has some good cuts in the neck do these need to be sewed?
wow this got long. Thanks in advance for the help.
After you tube skin a coyote or coon it says to remove an exess fat or grease. What do they term grease? last night i just spent half hour skinning a coyote and 2.5 hours fleshing and sewing holes and i still have more fleshing around the face.
After i reread the pelt handling file I am now thinking that i may not have had to flesh the membrane off? By membrane i am referring a white layer that is about 1/16 or 1/8 of inch thick thats attatched the leather part of the hide. Last nights yote was the first time i really got to see the membrane peel off the leather like that. All the times before it was really slimy or i had a dull fleshing knife and i could never get it off without a sander when it dried up a bit
Also wondering what does your hind quarters (flanks) look like when you put it on the stretcher. Mine just look kinda like flaps wrapped around and I overlapped them and pinned them on the stretcher guessing i should not of overlapped them but do you trim them shorter then?
If it is requiered to flesh the hide how long can one expect to get a hide done on average from the first cut of skinning untils its on the stretcher- after last night i need to shave of about 2.5 hours for is to be worth while.
Also wondering do they use the arm pit and neck area of a coyote or do they dock the price for imperfections in these areas? My last yote i put up i messed up around the front legs and ended up with one big square hole - i basically cut out the armpits and legs. It also has some good cuts in the neck do these need to be sewed?
wow this got long. Thanks in advance for the help.
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