Re: Should I
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01/24/21 08:29 PM
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Osky
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"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: Should I
[Re: Boco]
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01/24/21 09:10 PM
01/24/21 09:10 PM
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GUK
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Beautiful work, shave hair and scrape a little more and you could use it for a cabin window.
GUK.....it's the sound they make when they hit the end of the cable
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Re: Should I
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01/24/21 10:21 PM
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Posts: 23,676 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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You can do mine anytime....excellent work
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 01:22 PM
01/25/21 01:22 PM
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beaverpeeler
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You'll make a fine squaw for some lucky trapper.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 01:37 PM
01/25/21 01:37 PM
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Willy Firewood
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My friend you baited us in . . . . you know that pelt is perfect and wanted to show off a bit. That is definitely headed for folk art. Please hoop it and save it for me. You are certainly entitled to show off to people who not only understand and appreciate your skill, but also people who dream about having a registered trapline, the great talent and skills, and the equipment and gear to work and enjoy it. We are still planning on making the drive up to visit you and explore your part of beautiful Canada. We want to see James Bay and Hudson’s Bay. Hopefully the people now in charge will not make it impossible to do that. Keep enjoying life!
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 01:41 PM
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Posts: 45,543 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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Hopefully the covid BS will be over soon. Willy,if you want to,shoot me a pm on here when you are ready to head up here and I will give you my contact info and maybe we can get together for a coffee at least.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 02:37 PM
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walleyed
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Do you think this pelt will dry OK? Or should I scrape it a bit more? Frost Scraped ? w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 04:16 PM
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Posts: 45,543 james bay frontierOnt.
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I dry the skins normally at a cool temp around 10c.They dry in 2 -3 days at that temp.At room temp a frost scraped beaver will dry overnight. Dont have extended periods of cold enough weather anymore to properly frost dry the skins. Need about 10 days to 2 weeks of minus 40 to do a proper job of frost drying. I nail by hand,nails are the standard 1 in apart. A stack of frost scraped beaver.
Last edited by Boco; 01/25/21 04:19 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 04:40 PM
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Posts: 15,769 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
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You pound all them nails by hand???? I tried that for a while, but my thumb was so swollen and black & blue, I bought a nail gun. Also, I don't have the patience to pound that many nails. Exceptional job!
Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
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Re: Should I
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01/25/21 06:06 PM
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Posts: 45,543 james bay frontierOnt.
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Those are pinning nails,they go in with one tap with a small tac hammer,no pounding,lol.When I am boarding a beaver I take a couple handfuls of the nails,spread them around the perimeter of the skin and just tap them in One tap per.Only takes maybe two minutes. The nails are standard 1 inch apart.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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