Checked my small line this morning, and low and behold another dumb coon (gotta be dumb if I am getting them) found one of my traps. The wife was with me also, so I got to share that joy with her. I am now working on skinning and fleshing the last two, skinning I have down pat, this fleshing thing is a whole new ball game. Any advice for the neck gristle? I got the flesh off, but it seems there is another layer (kinda white and slimy). Also, do the faces need fleshed?

Kyle Snow

Will have pics soon.

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Coon Fleshing

Thanks for the link, it really helped, second coon went much faster. They turned out okay, I know I didn't get enough off the first one, but I am going to tan them myself, and I can take care of it when it dries. On the boards they measure 29 and 33 to the side of the skin (not the tail), any guess as to what size that is?

Kyle Snow

SIZE LENGTH LENGTH
5XL > 38" > 97cm
4XL 35"–38" 88–97cm
3XL 32"–35" 81–88cm
2XL 29"–32" 73–81cm
XL 27"–29" 68–73cm
LGE 24"–27" 60–68cm
LM 22"–24" 55–60cm
MED 20"–22" 51–55cm
SML < 20" < 51cm

nice link, and thanks