tanning hides ? worth the trouble ?

[D. ghantt]

I ve been trapping and shooting nuisence
coyote and raccoon for a lil bit . Is there a market for pelts ? Is it worth it ? How do you find a buyer ? I would like to make my hobby a little more profitable . any help would be appreciated. thanks
davo

[catdaddy]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahah, bud if you shot them in winter youre in luck if you shot alot of them, if you want to sell them if there prime then case shin them and put them on fur steachers and sell them,go to www.ask.com or google and look for raw pelt buyers, pm me if you want to know what case skining is and how to make a sreatcher, if you want to tan and keep them then fall an oak and make a hollow in the middle of the stump left after u cut it down, fill it with water wait 24 hours and let the hides soak for a while, if you dont want the fur on, if you want the fur on buy some tanning stuff from a trapping website, good luck and tell me if you want to know any thing else
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[justwannano]

There are lots of tanning methods.
I suggest going to your public library and looking for a good book on tanning.
The old timers used brain tanning. Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.
Next easiest is probably alum tanning. A more modern method uses chromium salts.I've seen tanning solutions sold in FurFishGame and several other outdoor magazines.
I bought a book Home Tanning & Leathercraft Simplified
It gives several tanning methodsand was quite helpful when I was trying to tan rabbit hides .

best of luck
just

[catdaddy]

hey i read about that, indiana tanned buffalo hides with there own brain and liver, it made some sort of acid
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[Skyline]

Yes it also involved smoking the hides as well. This tanning process produces hides that do not go hard after they have gotten wet. I have several piecesof clothing done in moose hide that were cured using this method.

[Davo]

Thanks guys most help ful ! Sounds like i got a lot of work to do .:) and a lil bit of research .

[Dghantt]

:) ya know i kinda fell into the sport by chance helpin a buddy out . i thought it would be easy now i know better but i still love it :) thanks guys for the info . I guess i ll do a lil diggin around maybe switch to a smaller caliber hymmm!!

[catdaddy]

bud all ya gota do is buy some decent taniing acid from a trapping magazine, works great, just pm me if ya want to know where furbuyers are
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[Trapper7]

If you're planning to sell your fur to a fur buyer, don't tan it. Most fur buyers won't buy the fur if it's been tanned. It should be scraped free of all meat & fat, then dried. If it's a coyote or fox, fur side out, a coon, fur side in.

I sell all my fur to NAFA. where it is taken to an international auction. I think you get your best price that way.

If you're shooting your fur with a rifle, you'll have to sew up all holes and wash out all blood.

[catdaddy]

well, maybe at an auction thell want a tanned fur, id tan a coon or a small animal