I have never froze my put coon before but startin to sound like this might be the year to start. Anyone have any experience with this ?

Roll them up for side out. With bigger stuff, just fold it so there is no skin exposed to freeze-dry, because bigger stuff may slip before fully freezing.

I think he's talking about coon that are already stretched and dried? Right dave 55?

Thanks for the reply , maybe i didnt make myself clear, but these coon will already be fleshed and dried.

right Greg

I kept some badgers and coon last year Put them in trash bag pushed all of the air out I could and wrapped in duct tape. Then put in another trash bag and done this again. Took them out last week look like they did when I put them in the freezer. Didn't totally cover with duct tape just enough to hold them tight.

Keep them flat and pack them as tightly as possible in the freezer. You want as little air in the bundle as possible.

You might try wrapping them in newspaper and then tighten up the bundles with string to keep them compressed.

You can tuck the tails up inside the pelt so that they don't get in the way.

You will want to store them in a freezer that is NOT frost free. Frost free freezers - the ones that self defrost - are not good for storing fur.

Thanks hilltop sounds easy enough , anybody tried vaccum packing?

thanks wissmiss, good to know about the freezer and the tails

Great info, I thank you all.

I guess I knew that as I've been looking for a few after my fire. The problem I have is I can't find any. I go to auctions and all that but do they make them anymore?

I froze some stretched and dried muskrats a few years ago. When I sold them, the buyer said "stale" furs brink half what fresh dried furs do. I sold them as they only made up a small part of what I was selling and his other prices seemed fair. Is this common practice?

Many times buyers dock for stale goods. The fur I ship to the auctions seems to always have stale goods and it has never been graded stale.

Honestly, I think you might want to sell this year at the late auction. I think you will do better than holding them for a year. But, whatever floats your boat!

Whether they get thrown out for being stale is how well they come out of the freezer. Do what WissMiss said. Seal them as well as possible and try to keep all the air away from the pelts. If they turn yellow on you then you know they are grease burnt.

I flesh mine and then directly vacuum seal them without stretching them. I will stretch them when I thaw them out. Look like brand new furs.