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Removing beaver pelt from the board #6714604 01/02/20 10:07 PM 01/02/20 10:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Eastern Oregon Trickstertrapper OP trapper
Trickstertrapper OP trapper Joined: Nov 2016 Eastern Oregon	Hello, How do I know the beaver pelt is dry enough to take off the board? It seems that I always pull pelts off to soon and have the wrinkle effect. Last edited by Trickstertrapper; 01/02/20 10:07 PM.

Re: Removing beaver pelt from the board [Re: Trickstertrapper] #6714713 01/02/20 11:02 PM 01/02/20 11:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	How long are you leaving them on the board ? 5 days should be good unless you have a humidity problem. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Removing beaver pelt from the board [Re: Trickstertrapper] #6714825 01/03/20 12:42 AM 01/03/20 12:42 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	When the pelt,lifted up on the nails, is taut on the board and being pulled inward a bit it's time to remove the pelt from the board. The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: Removing beaver pelt from the board [Re: bctomcat] #6715205 01/03/20 12:10 PM 01/03/20 12:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak D Dirt trapper
Dirt trapper D Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak	Originally Posted by bctomcat When the pelt,lifted up on the nails, is taut on the board and being pulled inward a bit it's time to remove the pelt from the board. I will almost always have ripples(not permanent, from nail stress) in the belly flanks at this point too. Last edited by Dirt; 01/03/20 01:28 PM. Who is John Galt?

Re: Removing beaver pelt from the board [Re: Trickstertrapper] #6716446 01/04/20 03:01 PM 01/04/20 03:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Eastern Oregon Trickstertrapper OP trapper
Trickstertrapper OP trapper Joined: Nov 2016 Eastern Oregon	Thanks fellows, Haven’t put up very many flat tails. I’m leveraging beaver trapping to get on some prime bobcat habitat. Catching them flat tails is the easy part... lol! Thanks again! -TT

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