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My little squaw's first hooped beaver #7226619
03/25/21 09:44 PM
03/25/21 09:44 PM
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Oregon
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We used vine maple for the hoop and it cured for about four weeks in my drying room. It ended up kind of getting pulled in with the lacing so there is not as much space between pelt and hoop as I would have liked. Still turned out pretty good for a first attempt I think.

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My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226623
03/25/21 09:47 PM
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Looks great too me! Congrats!

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226639
03/25/21 09:57 PM
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Great way to remember a first.

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226640
03/25/21 09:57 PM
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Nice. I’m liking it.

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226739
03/25/21 11:12 PM
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I think it looks really nice!



Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226742
03/25/21 11:18 PM
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Very Nice

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226816
03/26/21 12:34 AM
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Now if I can just talk her into doing another 20! LOL


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7226978
03/26/21 07:41 AM
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Mighty fine.


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7227003
03/26/21 08:20 AM
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Very nice

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7227057
03/26/21 09:08 AM
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Definitely an art to the right sized hoop to start with but for the first attempt you did great!

Chris


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7227063
03/26/21 09:12 AM
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good job


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: Hodagtrapper] #7227600
03/26/21 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Hodagtrapper
Definitely an art to the right sized hoop to start with but for the first attempt you did great!

Chris

I didn't do nothing. I just handed her the pelt, the hoop, an awl and some rawhide.


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7227654
03/26/21 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Originally Posted by Hodagtrapper
Definitely an art to the right sized hoop to start with but for the first attempt you did great!

Chris

I didn't do nothing. I just handed her the pelt, the hoop, an awl and some rawhide.


Better yet!

Chris


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228080
03/27/21 10:29 AM
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Very Impressive!!!!! Good job!

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228094
03/27/21 11:01 AM
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I like it. Good Job

Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228123
03/27/21 11:47 AM
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Thanks Mole.

We offered it up for sale at the OTC sale in Klamath Falls but I think the high bid was only $60 so we took it home. Now that she figured out how to do them I figure that I can skin my larges and smaller with tail-on, get them tanned for $25 and then find vine maples to make hoops and have a regular factory. LOL I think it took her a little over an hour to do that one but much of that time was figuring out what she was doing.

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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228129
03/27/21 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Now if I can just talk her into doing another 20! LOL


Beaverpealer, knowing how many you can stack up, I can see her picking and choosing when she wants to do them. laugh laugh

Looks really nice!


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228139
03/27/21 12:06 PM
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Looks really good. I make a few every year with my kids and gave a few of them to the land owners I trap for and sold the rest. Never done one with the tail and really like it. [Linked Image]
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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228143
03/27/21 12:20 PM
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Jmack, I really like the look of yours. That's what I aim for the next time around is to get that distance between hoop and pelt.

That part was on me.


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Re: My little squaw's first hooped beaver [Re: beaverpeeler] #7228209
03/27/21 02:14 PM
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Heres a couple I did back in the day.

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