Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 03:04 PM
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Dave Kimball
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How many coyotes have you tried to flesh?
Dave Kimball NTA-VTA Life Member Trapping Some- Buying Some (804) 631-7417
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: Dave Kimball]
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08/05/20 03:07 PM
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Dave Kimball
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How many coyotes have you tried to flesh? My first 100 beaver and coon were a learning experience. If you lean into the knife and press real hard with the sharp side of a Necker 600, you have the nicest hole you ever saw in just a minute. If your shoulders and hands are tense, stop, give yourself a 10 count. If your beam angles are not right, adjust them. The goal is to do a season, flesh the fur, retain some value, and not be crippled. Hope this helps.
Dave Kimball NTA-VTA Life Member Trapping Some- Buying Some (804) 631-7417
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 03:39 PM
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cmcf
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Looks like the hide is pretty dry. Are you fleshing soon after skinning?
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 04:11 PM
08/05/20 04:11 PM
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Turtledale
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Get a good knife flesh them while their fresh. I chill mine over nite in the fridge. First few will be a learning process. Learning Angle of the knife and pressure are your first things. Next is when and how to slice and when and how to push. Everybody has had to learn and has made mistakes. Relax and try not to be tense
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 05:52 PM
08/05/20 05:52 PM
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bctomcat
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The hide in your picture is way to DRY and I would also believe your pushing to hard directly down on the beam. Listen to "Turtledale"s" advice.
Last edited by bctomcat; 08/05/20 05:53 PM.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 06:23 PM
08/05/20 06:23 PM
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Flipper 56
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Looks like your order might be messed up, flesh before drying. The meat is not even pink of fresh looking. Skin it and flesh it or skin it and put it in the fridge for a few hours, then flesh it and put it on a board, fur side in for a few hours and then turn it fur side out and finish drying it.
"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 08:10 PM
08/05/20 08:10 PM
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Swamp Wolf
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Ive never fleshed a pelt that was brown like the one pictured. It looks either about freezer burnt or like stated above too dry. You need a little natural moisture on a pelt to get the flesh rolliing...
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 08:31 PM
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Castormound
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My best advice is skin it and flesh it right away, I'm not even sure what that is in your first picture
Antelope, the original fast food!!
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: cmcf]
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08/05/20 08:58 PM
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Looks like the hide is pretty dry. Are you fleshing soon after skinning? ^^^^ this?
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 09:56 PM
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TurkeyWrangler
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Has that hide been in a pickle? Are you in the process of tanning? Like others have pointed out it doesn't look like a fresh green hide.
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Re: Fleshing issue
[Re: IdahoSpud]
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08/05/20 10:05 PM
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Looks like it was salted and then he tried to flesh it. Like a deer cape that was salted, but the deer cape would need to be rehydrated in a pickle bath until it was soft enough to flesh.
"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"
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Re: Fleshing issue
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08/05/20 10:09 PM
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bctomcat
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Considering the brown to dark brown color of that pelt leads me to think it could possibly be in an advance stage of rot when you fleshed it.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Fleshing issue
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08/05/20 10:54 PM
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I can't tell what I am seeing in the picture. It looks like an old brown and white of either the moon, or some desert-scape?
Just doing what I want now.
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