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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/18/13 10:27 AM
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SW Alaska
otterman
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Hup that could probably be arranged this fall if the timing is right but it might not happen till the following year I will PM you
We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: smalltimetrapper]
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04/18/13 02:02 PM
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Billings, MT
Wolfwoman
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Hup, I thought of doing that down the back skinning for the same reason you mentioned. Seems it would give you a nice piece of soft stuff to work with.
Bonnie, I may be contacting you when I get stuff back from the tannery! My wife says she would sew one for me, but hasn't done anything with fur yet. She could attend one of my fur sewing classes too  PM me when you're ready!
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: Family Trapper]
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04/18/13 02:10 PM
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SW Alaska
otterman
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Now if you were going to use two kits for your hat using a whole kits belly per side would be a good ideas. If you try to make the inside flap out of one side of a kits belly you will get too far into the back and the underfur is not nearly so thick.
FT there is a trick to avoiding that too but I would have to have the fishboss show you as I don't know how to explain it, but getting into the back part of the fur on the short piece that is on the back of your neck isn't that critical and when done right you can make them match
We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/19/13 02:14 AM
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Homer, Alaska
Family Trapper
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I have always had to use two pieces for my inside. I just sew two peices together and re-shear them if the lengths don't match at the seam. I love how forgiving fur is to sew.
Last edited by Family Trapper; 04/20/13 03:49 PM.
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/20/13 08:08 PM
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SW Alaska
otterman
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Well I got blessed last night with two new grandchildren to take trapping some day  Danny on the left and Alison on the right
We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/20/13 08:16 PM
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Takotna AK
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That's just cool as heck!! Congrates Todd and family!!
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/21/13 11:29 AM
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SW Alaska
otterman
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Thanks guys, AV your right they are the best these two are #5&6 for us.
We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/21/13 06:20 PM
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Interior Alaska
smalltimetrapper
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I went out and pulled the last of my stuff. It was a nice day to be out. A bear hit a couple moose kills from November, I felt a little under gunned as he had been on the trail for a mile.  I caught a little beaver in a 750 wolfer in a castor set. Probably was more to do with a place where they were coming out of the water than the castor, but it worked. The big trap worked well as a drowner for that little guy. Stretched to 47". I got a 40 lb adult, 2 year old, and this one out of this house.  Also saw an otter trail, was surprising how far away from water it was. I wonder how far they over land between sources. Pretty much wraps up my season. This was by far my best season yet.
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6
[Re: white17]
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04/21/13 06:30 PM
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SW Alaska
otterman
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smalltime, I have followed otter trails for as far as 4 miles overland on open tundra while they went from spot to spot looking for a way under the ice. Good way to learn how they think. Here they tend to look around the base of spruce trees for tunnels leading under the ice. I always check out any small cluster of trees along a creek for holes
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