some pics from today

[Trapper_Stephen88]

here's a few pictures I took before the trip to the fur buyer. these aren't all the furs I got, I'm giong to keep some to tan:)

[Trapper_Stephen88]

this coyote brought $20

[Trapper_Stephen88]

some muskrats

[Kusko]

Nice looking fur. How much did you get for your muskrats??? I have about 40 to sell.

[Trapper_Stephen88]

I sold 8

3 for: $8
3 for: $7
2 for: $5

Last year muskrats were bringing $2.50 here so prices are up

[model 70]

can they be turned outside in when they're dry?

[Trapper_Stephen88]

what do you mean? I don't think so. not when their dry

[model 70]

how did you prepare them? turn them inside out, scrape the fat/meat and just let them dry or did you apply some kind of tanning formula?

[Trapper_Stephen88]

turn them inside out, scrape the fat/meat and just let them dry

[model 70]

the yote is fur out. same thing?

[Trapper_Stephen88]

yeah, just scrape off the meat and fat. let it dry to the touch skin side out then turn it fur side out and let it dry the rest of the way.

[model 70]

do you salt them? i hear the fur will slip if you don't.

[Kusko]

If the fur is dried properly, they should never slip. The tanning process does "set" the hair follicles, but it also softens it up.

In my photo, all of my fur is just fleshed, stretched and dried.

[Trapper_Stephen88]

yeah, like if you had a fox and instead of letting it partially dry,then turning it fur-side out, you just put is on the stretcher fur side out, the skin on the inside would stay damp (and cause the skin to rot quicker) and the hair might fall out in some areas. Deer skins are usaully salted though.

[Trapper_Stephen88]

here's another raccoon pic

[Trapper_Stephen88]

(in the picture above) behind me where the light is, that's where I work on furs. It gets kind of annoying cause its so small. To those of you who have fur sheds... Thank the Lord! :D