No I did not put any vinegar in the water. I have in the past and guess could add to what I did.

I did put good scoop of salt in water.
Now what I recall from my limited 9th grade chemistry education. Adding the salt to water when boiling something. Gives the water a more even heat in water column. You could do the same thing basically using gravel small enough that the boil moves it in the water column.

At least thats my take on the salt where it not part of the seasoning.

Most things we boil probably is part of the seasoning. While also contributing to evening out the the overall temperature in the mix??? Like I said 9th grade chemistry many years ago.


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I've never tried powder coating cast bullets. I found the plain base worked well in 38 specials, but when you stepped it up to heavier 357 mag loads a gas check was nice. I use the Lee Lube on all my cast bullets, been very happy with it and no luber/sizer needed (obviously still need a sizer if your bullets are oversize, but most of my Lee molds cast bullets that I can load without sizing, I tend not to use the couple molds that cast bullets large enough I have to size)

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But the email should be good.
Or so the Venmo help center says.

I cannot search Venmo for myself can someone please try to find my account and tell me if you can. Thank you.

I'm curious what fraud problems does Ohio have? I guess if they do it can't be worse than any other state. And if they do whats that have to do with thread?

Just did this.....this morning.

Two sets...one on each side of logging road. Been there a week....no action. One had a female coyote this morning.

I took a rake full of catch circle dirt and put it on the backing of the other set.

Good market

Thanks for posting.

Any early expectations or commitments on the upcoming?

I've tried thinning using all sorts of things and all sorts of times, except frost scraping. I've tried thinning during pickle and after tanning. But no matter what, I just didn't get the results I wanted. These days on the larger beaver I use an Angle Grinder with a flap disk on the dried hides before I start the tanning process. Need to be very careful because it is easy to apply too much pressure and sand a hole. But, doing this on a dried hide is pretty fast since the amount of hide to sand off is minimal since it is bone dry. By doing it at this point, the tan has less hide to penetrate and I'm not trying to sand off thick tanned hide.

I tanned 30 beaver this summer. I had great results and made several mistakes. I'm still new to tanning, with these 30 beaver, I've probably tanned 50+ beaver, couple dozen coon, a bunch of rats, and 10 otter. So still working out the kinks. Large Beaver and rats have been a challenge. I've used various tanning methods, so far Boco's method had yielded the best results. Otters and Coon come out great without any fuss. Large Beaver need to be thinned. My rats never as soft as I'd like. Always slightly crinkly. Once I've got the beaver down, I'll put more effort into the rats.

. If you have slippage during hydration, the actual start of the slippage most likely happened between the time of trapped and boarding. I'll skin the beaver, then rollup and freeze. Then when the weather warms I'll put up as time permits, then tan. My slippage most likely happened due to not putting up the thawed hide as soon as i should have. I had a few thawing in the fridge for too many days.

. Only do as many hides at a time that your tubs can handle and you can effectively handle in each step. For me it is 5 large/xl beavers at a time. With 30, yes it took awhile. I had hides in all various stages at one point, and then I realized I was not giving each batch the proper attention. So don't rush. Now I'll sand them all. Then put 5 in hydration. Once those 5 are in the tan, I'll start hydrating another 5. I turned several good hides into damaged by trying to do too much at one time.

. You can re-use the pickle as long as it is clean, the right PH and the right salination. Not the Tan. When you put the hides in at the low PH they are absorbing all of the tan. Once they come out the Tan is too weak to re-use. Once Hydrated, I wash and degrease them good. Then into the pickle. So I can usually run 3 batches through my pickle before creating a new one.

. Over those 30 beaver I had some hides that were fantastically smooth and others a bit rough. I started to realize the rough ones were the ones I either didn't do a pre-sanding or I only sanded the shoulders and down the middle. Even though the sides don't need sanding/thinning, by giving them a quick sand really made a difference in the end result.

. Every step from getting them out of the trap, thru the put up, and each step of the tanning is just as important as the rest. One mistake in any step will have an effect on the outcome.

Well done! Takes some hard work to get that many.