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Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: Forest] #6488566
03/12/19 09:24 AM
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Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: 10bands] #6488579
03/12/19 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 10bands
I haven't done it yet but my plan is to take a smallish chest freezer and a generator. Many people think a freezer has to be plugged in to power to keep stuff frozen. It doesn't. Before leaving on the trip have the freezer plugged in and stack a bunch of water jugs in it until they are frozen. Take the freezer and the now ice jugs with you so it stays cold in there. When in camp just plug it in to the generator for 2-3 hours each day and your fur will stay frozen. Take the ice jugs out as you need the space. It can help to cover it with an old sleeping bag or something too. I also intend to put up fur as much as possible while I'm at it.


We do this with the freezer when we go moose hunting........works well.

Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: Forest] #6494808
03/18/19 08:56 PM
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I take a freezer with me on my pay jobs. I have pulled a popup camper with me too....but I really like it when there is a modern hunt camp to stay at...


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Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: Forest] #6523831
04/23/19 10:08 AM
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Back in the day, I put up all my fur on the road. Would work some long hours, keeping up with it. One trip, I lived in a ranchers pop up camper, put up yotes half the night, in an old grainery, and was avg right at seven dogs a night. Had a few big days of around 12, and those were trying days to keep up with. Other times, in Wy I had some big years on r fox that were hard to keep up with also. Had a pretty decent shop to work in at the ranch at that time. I still put up some of my fur now, even though I carry a freezer with me these days. Up north, if you get behind, you can lay the skinned pelt on the cold concrete or dirt and will keep for those days that you have more time. This year, I was glad I put up as many as I did, cause I ran out of freezer space as it was. Sure is easier to freeze on the road than put up all the fur as you go though!


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Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: Forest] #6533259
05/07/19 05:59 PM
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A chunk of dry ice in a freezer works fine also.

Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: Forest] #6533291
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I am a newb and don't know, but could you salt them?

Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: JayRay] #6533332
05/07/19 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JayRay
I am a newb and don't know, but could you salt them?



No, never salt any fur (unless you are prepping it for a tanning process that requires it) Fur buyers do not want salted hides, only fleshed and dried.


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Re: Fur Put Up and Handling on the Road [Re: 50fps] #6537680
05/15/19 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 50fps
A chunk of dry ice in a freezer works fine also.

I don't know as dry ice is always the best to work with though. I looked into using it once this year. It was hard if not impossible to find any around here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice

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