Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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I made my own boards out of cedar and mostly pine with generally no problems getting push pins into them. Just watch the knot placement with none on board edges.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: bctomcat]
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03/30/19 08:40 PM
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Eastern white pine is actually softer than basswood. Hemlock is a little harder.
Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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pine works just fine i made my coyote strechers out of it
a hunt based on the trophy's taken falls far short of what the real goal should be
fred Bear
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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Mine are a mixed bag of stretchers most are pine . My suggestion to keep them in good condition is to sand down any rough edges then wipe down with good old fashioned turtle wax car polish out of the can. It helps the water run off as well as for pelt flipping and removal when it's time. Allan
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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I don't know what your time is worth but you can get stretchers pretty cheap at conventions. I just picked up 40 stretchers of various sizes plus belly boards the other day from someone who was selling out for $100. That about $2 a piece.
If you don't want to buy them all I recommend just buying one of each that you want and using it as a template. It's a lot easier than trying to make your own just right.
Paul Smiths Forestry ‘22
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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I made my own fur forming boards since I started trapping.They are not hard to make. There are a few old retired trappers around here that make nice cedar boards.I support them by having them make me some boards to my own specifications.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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I would like to make mine, but I buy them do to time restrictions. Top lot for coons and coloradocat dolphin for my coyotes. I also have top lot coyote nice stretcher.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: To buy or to build???
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IMO all questions deserve answers and this one is obviously, the local lumber yard.
Last edited by bctomcat; 09/04/19 07:46 PM.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: To buy or to build???
[Re: Tsouth87]
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If your talking about rat boards every board or wire form on the market is to wide In the neck and shoulder area and that will lose you length. A 1/4" here and there will lose you close to a Inch In length and that may put you Into a different size grade and that will lose you money.
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Re: To buy or to build???
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I use salvage pine. Old shipping crates to recycling old house lumber. I have used pine and cedar mostly. All the wood I made mine from was free. I have all the tools so making them is easy. I have over 50 now and I don't trap rats to hard. Once I started making them I put my wife's in a corner and they are.still there. Would give them to a kid if I knew anyone who trapped although it feel that would be a disservice to them because wood is so much nicer.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: To buy or to build???
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One size form will not work on rats. But that's what everyone uses. You might get away with that on some critters but not rats.
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Re: To buy or to build???
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One size form will not work on rats. But that's what everyone uses. You might get away with that on some critters but not rats. I picked up some cheap used wire rat stretchers at the convention. They might be the kind that can be bent or flexed to meet all rat needs (like those flexible [essentually adjustable] Duke stretchers that I think you once mentioned Beav).
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Re: To buy or to build???
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Right you are. Those Duke forms are pure junk( sorry Bill). I have some of those just for those kit rats.
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Re: To buy or to build???
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Mine are a mixed bag of stretchers most are pine . My suggestion to keep them in good condition is to sand down any rough edges then wipe down with good old fashioned turtle wax car polish out of the can. It helps the water run off as well as for pelt flipping and removal when it's time. Allan Turtle wax! Thank you for that tip. I'm going to try it.
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