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oily hides #6150395 02/06/18 10:49 PM 02/06/18 10:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 9 IL S Shaun Aden OP trapper
Shaun Aden OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 9 IL	I have fleshed and boarded coon hides, they have been drying for two weeks. They still have oily residue on them, should I wipe them down or is this something I shouldn't be worrying about?

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150400 02/06/18 10:51 PM 02/06/18 10:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,651 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,651 james bay frontierOnt.	Wipe it off with a damp rag. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150419 02/06/18 11:07 PM 02/06/18 11:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 2,531 Fingerlakes New York robert.d12 trapper
robert.d12 trapper Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 2,531 Fingerlakes New York	Wipe it off The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150502 02/07/18 02:22 AM 02/07/18 02:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,628 evansville Indiana age72 don Wolf trapper
don Wolf trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,628 evansville Indiana age72	Don't worry about it. Just natural oil coming out of the leather. I have never had a coon hide that had a little oil coming out of it, be downgraded. If I wiped all my coons off, I would not enough rags and I would never get done. It is a natural thing, unless you are leaving to much fat on your coons./

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150730 02/07/18 11:20 AM 02/07/18 11:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 61 New Jersey 9 908shooter trapper
908shooter trapper 9 Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 61 New Jersey	thats a good sign. The skin is drying causing the oil to get squeezed out of it.

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150778 02/07/18 12:27 PM 02/07/18 12:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,028 West Cent IL illinideer trapper
illinideer trapper Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,028 West Cent IL	I wipe mine down about every other day. For me I all ways seem to have a pad of fat right at the base of the tail Coyote 5 Badger 1 Coons 17 Bobcats 2 Released Grinners All of them USN AE2 VF-31 Tomcatters Retired SMSGT IL ANG 183 Fighter Wing Coyote U Class #4

Re: oily hides [Re: Shaun Aden] #6150784 02/07/18 12:32 PM 02/07/18 12:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,851 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,851 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	I have several rolls of paper towels in my trapping shed. That's normal for a coon hide to "sweat" while it's drying. Just wipe it down every couple days. Remember as a kid we played army and you gave up the fort so the other side got it? Of course you don't. Little kids aren't that stupid.

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