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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: zachary scott]
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i thinked wire stretched coons look terrible compared to wood. wire isnt consistent and makes them looked oddly shaped.
wood is also easier to work with
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: bankrunner]
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Can't tell you if it makes me more money or not but I would like to think so, always had buyers appreciate well put up fur. I'd say it does for sure. If nothing else, it lets you get another couple inches of length on most pelts, and like you said, wood or wood-wire just makes 'em look better than wire.
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: Dave Plueger]
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How many of you have split your coon from end to end fleshed them on a machine and then zip tied them to a wire streacher? Now Isn't that a pretty picture.
So Dave your saying that coon put up on wood bring less money.
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: The Beav]
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sometimes coon in S.E VA. are a little flat a lot of times they are semi heavy so you are saying the flat coon will bring a coupla more dollars a pelt if I put them on wood ????
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: Dave Plueger]
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you would think all that pulling would make the fur look weak
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: The Beav]
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How many of you have split your coon from end to end fleshed them on a machine and then zip tied them to a wire streacher? Now Isn't that a pretty picture.
So Dave your saying that coon put up on wood bring less money. Beav, I figured you knew that coon get split up the middle before dressing. Groeny's just saving them a step.
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
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If you have some coons to put up put similar amounts of each that are similar to each other as possible and either take to your buyer or ship and try to use different accounts so you can follow which are which and make your own choice.
I have done this!! I still use wire.
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: Dave Plueger]
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Well I hate to dissagree with you. when anything Is dressed It loses size. You ever send In any furs to be tanned does It come back the same size as when you shipped It streached and dried? No IT dosen't.
I'm not a fur buyer. I'm a trapper I want to get as much out of my fur as I can. In reality If you use the money cut and use wood you are giving the fur buyer MORE fur for his buck. If the money cut Is done right you don't have to do any trimming to form a Inspection window. So all the fur Is retained. And most guys do a fair amount of trimming when cutting windows.
The guys that put up fur for NAFA In In my area all use wood.
I just take pride In my work it looks good I feel good about It and I get top dollar.
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Re: Wood or Wire for coon stretchers? Your thoughts??
[Re: The Beav]
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No Dave he's doing It so he can machine flesh them. Does he split all the streached and dried fur he buys just so he can help out the buyer? LOL
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