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Best Way To Dry Beaver #7056100
11/19/20 10:56 PM
11/19/20 10:56 PM
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Saskatoon,Saskatchewan
YOTEBOY Offline OP
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Hanging head down, hanging tail down, laying flat stomach up or????
What’s the best way to hang a beaver to dry?

Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7056101
11/19/20 10:57 PM
11/19/20 10:57 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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Roll it in snow.


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Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7056165
11/19/20 11:52 PM
11/19/20 11:52 PM
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100 Mile House, BC Can
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Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7056576
11/20/20 12:02 PM
11/20/20 12:02 PM
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MT (Big Sky Country)
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I used to put pallets in the box of my pickup to lay the beaver on so they would finish drying when there's snow rolling them around on it works well . The pallets also help keeping the beaver from freezing down to the bed of the pickup .

I'd also save my dog food bags to put beaver or even coyotes or fox in to keep the mess down to a minimum.
Allan


Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7056616
11/20/20 12:39 PM
11/20/20 12:39 PM
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Throw and old piece of carpet down in your furshed,or woodshed,and lay them belly up on that for a couple days.You can flip them on their bellys for a while then on their back again to finish.I like to give them a brushing with a stiff scrubbrush while laying them out on the carpet.If there is snow on the ground it will take the majority of the water out of the fur if the beaver is rolled in the snow a bit.
Never liked to hang beaver to dry because it makes them bleed a lot when skinning.

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The first one in the pic is just about and the others still a bit damp on the backs.(they were just flipped).

Last edited by Boco; 11/20/20 12:44 PM.

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Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7057422
11/21/20 05:51 AM
11/21/20 05:51 AM
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When I trapped In SC we had a couple of old bed springs In the skinning shack we laid our beaver on.


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Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7058107
11/21/20 07:32 PM
11/21/20 07:32 PM
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W NY
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I lay mine on milk crates and put the fan on them


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Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: Turtledale] #7058609
11/22/20 08:36 AM
11/22/20 08:36 AM
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NY
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5 minutes with a leaf blower does the trick

Re: Best Way To Dry Beaver [Re: YOTEBOY] #7061183
11/24/20 01:31 PM
11/24/20 01:31 PM
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When they are stretched on a board or hoop along with the the hide after the have been skinned and fleshed.

Last edited by Dirt; 11/24/20 01:32 PM.

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