Those two otters caught the same day, same river. Fleshed with 2.5" pull paint scraper...LOL Always have done it that way.

Look good!!! Glad you don't pleat your tails.

Nice job BP!!

That's the way I do it. The back legs on same side as tail. Leaves nice inspection window.

Put ups from today and yesterday..

Gone are those days when that picture was $ 2000.00 worth showing.

^^^Well, it's the thought that counts right?

Great looking Otter BP.

Great work! Thanks for the share.

Frost scraped this one the other day

Nicer than I ever got an otter put up, nice job to the two of you guys......jk

Nice clear leather on yours Boco. A lot of ours have what I call freckles on the leather side. No effect on the fur quality.... even though the Canadian auctions would often grade them as damaged from "tick bites". Used to drive me nuts.

I get those freckles on the few I've caught here in WI also. Always wondered what they were from. Sometimes don't notice them until the hide dries some.

Very good put up. You cant help what you catch but your put up is AOK. Top lot put up

Thanks Varmint.

Mine dont look like those. Must be the way i open them up

nice job guys ,

Excellent fur handling! You guys should do a demo on proper otter handling.

Beaverpeeler know you are a vet peeler, and probably already do this at times, but for others try pinning your otter tails with 5/8" steel push pins. Quicker and saves on the boards. Just a few nails to get basic tail and body length and the rest push pins.

And yes neat work for sure.

Nice put up

Heres my otter put up, only the 7th one I've done, but thanks to help on here, I'm getting better. I put the legs on the belly, I skin them with the feet on.