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•••mink fleshing beam•••? #7196664 02/26/21 11:17 AM 02/26/21 11:17 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas T the Blak Spot OP trapper
the Blak Spot OP trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas	Wanting to build a mink only flesh beam. Use a 2x4? or i have 2" and 3" and 4" pvc pipe. (My stretchers dont allow fleshing on the stretcher) Suggestions welcome thanks! Last edited by the Blak Spot; 03/24/21 11:02 PM. the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7196764 02/26/21 12:57 PM 02/26/21 12:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	I would suggest you just buy or make a female mink board and use it for fleshing. Last edited by bctomcat; 02/26/21 01:02 PM. The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7196794 02/26/21 01:30 PM 02/26/21 01:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas T the Blak Spot OP trapper
the Blak Spot OP trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas	I do have an old mink stretcher, but it is only 1/4" thick and flimsy. Can i just use that as a pattern and make one from 3/4" board? the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7196802 02/26/21 01:35 PM 02/26/21 01:35 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	Yes The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7197294 02/26/21 08:28 PM 02/26/21 08:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Woodhull, Illinois 77 J Jim Bethell trapper
Jim Bethell trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Woodhull, Illinois 77	Not sure that I would make it 3/4 in thick. 1/2 would be plenty

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7197380 02/26/21 09:19 PM 02/26/21 09:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Make a mink bat. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: Boco] #7197814 02/27/21 10:09 AM 02/27/21 10:09 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas T the Blak Spot OP trapper
the Blak Spot OP trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas	Originally Posted by Boco Make a mink bat. Mink bat? the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7197990 02/27/21 12:55 PM 02/27/21 12:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Yea,a lot of the old timers used a wooden cone shaped bat to flesh mink and a bigger Otter bat for otter. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7198012 02/27/21 01:16 PM 02/27/21 01:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Something that Is FLAT will get the job done a lot quicker than scraping on a round surface. Hey Boco do you cut the ears and noses off your mink? LOl Last edited by The Beav; 02/27/21 01:17 PM. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7199540 02/28/21 05:07 PM 02/28/21 05:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	No I cut the whole head off-why dick around with little stuff. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: Boco] #7220700 03/19/21 08:32 AM 03/19/21 08:32 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin E Eagleye trapper
Eagleye trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Boco Make a mink bat. For scraping rats and mink here’s what I use, mink board is on a hinge so I can use it for rats and mink. By far my favorite fur handling for mink would be the round birch to the right, this may classify as Boco’s “Mink Bat” it came out of an abandoned trapping cabin in Canada years ago. The bottom pic shows the cone shape of the Bat.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7220791 03/19/21 10:06 AM 03/19/21 10:06 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Mink need very little scrapping so I just lay It on my rat beam and hold It In place with one hand and use my rat scraper with the other hand. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7223808 03/22/21 06:35 PM 03/22/21 06:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 NY R rendezvous trapper
rendezvous trapper R Joined: Sep 2012 NY	MAGA!!!

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7224485 03/23/21 12:08 PM 03/23/21 12:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Are you removing the saddle? I've been told you don't need to do that. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: The Beav] #7224656 03/23/21 03:21 PM 03/23/21 03:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak D Dirt trapper
Dirt trapper D Joined: Dec 2010 Armpit, ak	Originally Posted by The Beav Are you removing the saddle? I've been told you don't need to do that. Depends how fat they are. We have had this discussion before. Who is John Galt?

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7224697 03/23/21 04:18 PM 03/23/21 04:18 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	In the photo it appears to me he is removing the armpit area meat and fat, not the saddle. Last edited by bctomcat; 03/23/21 06:46 PM. The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: bctomcat] #7225899 03/24/21 10:47 PM 03/24/21 10:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas T the Blak Spot OP trapper
the Blak Spot OP trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 central arkansas	Originally Posted by bctomcat In the photo it appears to me he is removing the armpit area meat and fat, not the saddle. Yep hide is on sideways. I ended up making a beam from using mink board as a pattern. the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7230110 03/29/21 05:58 PM 03/29/21 05:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 PA T Tye dye trapper trapper
Tye dye trapper trapper T Joined: Dec 2012 PA	I like that Mink bat idea

Re: •••mink fleshing beam•••? [Re: the Blak Spot] #7230762 03/30/21 12:25 PM 03/30/21 12:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can bctomcat trapper
bctomcat trapper Joined: Jul 2009 100 Mile House, BC Can	As long as you have a wood mink forming board I see absolutely no need for a seperate fleshing board or mink bat. The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.

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