Hey fellas, Went out this morning to turn some coyotes I put on the strecher yesterday about noon. They were mostly dry except for their underarms(wet as they could be). Hung them upside down to try to let the underarms dry. What now? and how can I keep this from happening in the future? Any little secrets like the underarms drying and how to remedy it is greatly appreciated. Thank's and Merry Christmas, Brad

Right Guard?

Borax?

I cut my yotes off above the elbow joint. Then if you have to, put a thin piece of wood in the leg to support it , so it stands up. I have tackes my front legs to thin strips of wood. I have seen the front legs cut even shorter than I cut them and then a rubber band is put around the left over hide to make it stand up better. You don't have to leave the legs very long, as long as you don't have a big leg hole showing, you are good to go. Also when you turn the pelt fur side out, leave the legs on the inside of the pelt.

i don't hang the stetcher up with skin side out, just lean it against the wall so the front legs hang free.

I always rub borax under the arms(legs, actually)and on the face as well....

What Don said.

Bushmaster, What does the borax do? I also noticed the face was limp when I went to turn them this evening. Do yal normaly flesh out the face on hides? On the T&M fur handeling video the gentelman doing the demo said you could flesh out the face if you wanted to but, that it really was'nt necessary and you ran a pretty good risk of cutting the face if you tried it. That to just take a sharp knife and trim any of the excess meat that offended you off the face but, that it really was'nt necessary that they would dry just fine. What are yal's thoughts? Thank's Brad

Do not do the face. Sounds like you might be trying to tuirn the fur just a bit to soon. give it more time to dry a bit more.

Borax will absorb moisture, thereby helping with the drying process......and like Don says, don't do the face.

i use a ceder shim its about one inch to inch and half wide and about 10 inches long.

why aren't you supposed to borax the face area on fur-out skins?

I cut a piece of cardboard 4 or 5 in long and wide enough to roll up so it just fits in the legs. It will hold them out straight. Just another way to hold them out straight, all the above posts will work well. Are you using wire or wood? RD

rpowers they did not say do not borax the face. They said do not FLESH the face and DO borax it.

Rpowers,When Don said ..don't do the face,I think he meant not to flesh it. RD

Butch....you are fast on the keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No fleshing on face.