Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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Ron do you drum your beaver before skinning? I saw demo last summer where a beaver (that looked clean to me) was drummed and was amazed how much better it looked. I just wonder if I'm loosing money by not drumming my beaver. I have back when I had access to a drum. They do look nicer but you can not change the grade (quality, size and colour) by drumming. Having said that there are occasions when a pelt is borderline for which grade it should go in, put up and care may be a determining factor.
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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03/21/14 02:55 PM
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Robert is that a frost scrapped beaver ? You do a great job on all your fur. I like to see trappers who take pride in their fur put up.
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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Don't use finishing nails, then you will hit your thumb less. Also if you grind a slight concave area in your hammer face, it helps. At least rough up the hammer face with a grinder a bit. I now use a hydraulic air nailer, much faster and so far I haven't shot myself.
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
[Re: trapper ron]
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I use a 6 penny smooth box nail,on mine,as opposed to commons in 6s or 8s.They are nice to work with and a hair more slender.
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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Ok guys I have to ask what is frost scraping. This is my first year of putting up beaver and my first three I fleshed have been brutal. It just seems I scrape and scrape for hours and I can always take some off after going over it time and again. I have watched several u tube videos to get different styles to try to develop my own. Then when I board it I still miss a lot? I use a necker and beaver knife around the legs. I have scraped hundreds of coon and am pretty good at that with no problems
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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I believe somewhere Boco has a great posting on frost scraping. He can probably post the link.
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
[Re: trapper ron]
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02/02/15 12:56 AM
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Geeze Ron,thanks you saved me all that work,lol. If you don't have the climatic conditions to frostscrape you can always try cleanskinning beaver.You may find it more relaxing than the beam. You need a good sharp knife and the ability to keep it sharp.  
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Re: Beaver Boarding Tutorial (hvy picture)
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Over the years,I suppose several thousands,but I have been trapping quite along time. There is lots of trappers that put up more than I do. I learned all the methods from other trappers over the years by going to workshops and working on traplines with oldtimers when I was younger.I am just passing it on.Learning to skin and put up fur got me on traplines with seasoned trappers back in the day.
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