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otter put up whatdoyathink #1871972 03/04/10 09:48 PM 03/04/10 09:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton OP trapper
cotton OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19	only the second one i ever done lol how did i do??? John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: cotton] #1871991 03/04/10 09:54 PM 03/04/10 09:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 871 Nova Scotia, Canada NS Trapper trapper
NS Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 871 Nova Scotia, Canada	Seems to be fleshed very well... ...if those are two small holes I see (below left ear and in the middle of the right side of the back as indicated by dark spots)...pin them shut. ...pin the rear legs on the back side with the tail the same as you would with a mink...this will leave a natural inspection window that requires little to no trimming... ...trim of front legs and pin them shut. "When you have to shoot, shoot...don't talk!" -- Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: NS Trapper] #1871993 03/04/10 09:55 PM 03/04/10 09:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton OP trapper
cotton OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19	thanks was wondering bout the front legs John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: NS Trapper] #1871994 03/04/10 09:55 PM 03/04/10 09:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,030 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,030 Northern Maine	Good job. Nevada bound

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: Bruce T] #1872003 03/04/10 09:57 PM 03/04/10 09:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 473 North Carolina, 22 yrs Cagetrapper101 trapper
Cagetrapper101 trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 473 North Carolina, 22 yrs	looks good!

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: Cagetrapper101] #1872013 03/04/10 09:59 PM 03/04/10 09:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 871 Nova Scotia, Canada NS Trapper trapper
NS Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 871 Nova Scotia, Canada	Quote: thanks was wondering bout the front legs It doesn't downgrade the pelt any and is not even required...just looks better... ...pin any holes shut though as leaving them open will reduce the grade... "When you have to shoot, shoot...don't talk!" -- Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: NS Trapper] #1872042 03/04/10 10:08 PM 03/04/10 10:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton OP trapper
cotton OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,185 Piney va. soon be 19	fleshing knife and me was not as one lol John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: cotton] #1872071 03/04/10 10:15 PM 03/04/10 10:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 167 Eastern Canada B butcha trapper
butcha trapper B Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 167 Eastern Canada	It's not really"put up",it's just fleshed.I don't put the back legs on the tail side, but some do.I'd rather have a nice square butt.It's fleshed o.k.No need to go crazy trying to get every little piece off,once you've done a few you'll know what will dry well.tuck the front legs in, and pin,like mentioned above, make an inspection window 3-4 inches above the base of the tail.On the belly side of course! Last edited by butcha; 03/04/10 10:16 PM. If God didn't want us to eat animals,why did he make them out of meat?

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: butcha] #1872079 03/04/10 10:16 PM 03/04/10 10:16 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,337 Oregon T Tsarevna "Gerty"
Tsarevna "Gerty" T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,337 Oregon	You don't want to pleat the tail? How to Clean Skin a Beaver Video

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: Tsarevna] #1872091 03/04/10 10:20 PM 03/04/10 10:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 167 Eastern Canada B butcha trapper
butcha trapper B Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 167 Eastern Canada	you can pleat it.But don't over do it.just push the tail up nice and short and push your pins in up and over towards the edge of the board while pinning.The whole idea of doing this is to bulk-up the inspection window.When you over pleat it you are not improving anything If God didn't want us to eat animals,why did he make them out of meat?

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: butcha] #1872531 03/05/10 01:12 AM 03/05/10 01:12 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,306 Madras Oregon J Jeremy Watson trapper
Jeremy Watson trapper J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,306 Madras Oregon	the pic aint that good but you can see how I like to do it. The tale is semi pleted. And you can see the inspection window on the other one also

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: Jeremy Watson] #1872542 03/05/10 01:20 AM 03/05/10 01:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,306 Madras Oregon J Jeremy Watson trapper
Jeremy Watson trapper J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,306 Madras Oregon	another poor pic but this is how i do the front legs

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: Jeremy Watson] #1872559 03/05/10 01:32 AM 03/05/10 01:32 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 363 kansas city K kctrapper trapper
kctrapper trapper K Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 363 kansas city	Here's a pic of the only one I've ever done: Hopefully it sells in canada next week.

Re: otter put up whatdoyathink [Re: kctrapper] #1872598 03/05/10 02:04 AM 03/05/10 02:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 831 Washington state W wingnut trapper
wingnut trapper W Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 831 Washington state	looks as good as my second one. 3 possum 15 muskrat 5 beaver 2 otter 1 mink 2 raccoon

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