I think we've been missing out...going to need to set up some log crossings for beaver!

I've got no sets out so figured I'd start digging in the freezer. Got a few more thawing out and slowly but surely fleshing and nailing. Very relaxing

You do an excellent job on your fur.

Great looking put up. That's what I have on the slate for today too. Got 18 thawed out to do.

Thanks guys, put up I learned by trial and error when I was young. My knowledge also came from reading fur fish and game cover to cover. Which I still do. My put up definitely got better by perusing the threads of Trapperman and seeing how others did things. Putting up fur was always something I enjoyed and tried to take pride in. Even when some of my beaver go to the felt market!! LOL

Pile is growing


Anybody see white under fur on beaver before, first one I’ve seen, just the belly underfur.

Well NF, if'n it was a mink we'd call it a cotton mink. We get some pretty light colored underfur on some too, probably not quite as much as your example though.

I'm kind of happy with what I got done today. 18 beaver boarded in 6 hours. Not too bad for a slacker like me.

Back to setting' traps again tomorrow as I got all this year's beaver put up.

NF you sure do a nice job fluffing up the edges of those beaver. I'm not sure if I've ever noticed a cotton beaver but certainly get some real light grey ones. I think that light colored fur looks beautiful on that plew.

BP putting up 18 beaver certainly isn't slacking. That's a pile of nails and plywood for sure. My fingers would have went numb nailing lol.
I'm like you, if I'm caught up on put up; time to get some more critters if I can.

Dale, well you been raising the bar on the put up.
BP, never mind that extra coffee, you got a contest to win.

Chipping away at it ...looking good everyone looking good

Excellent fur handling you guys. Thanks for posting pictures. It always amazes me going to a fur sale and seeing the lack of effort some people put into their fur. You guys are definitely the elite crew of fur handlers.

For what the market is we're all guilty of overkill. I hear tell that Groenewold run their raw beaver pelts through a fleshing machine and then use 8 (I think) hooks to stretch it with.

My put up is utilitarian these days...I'm aiming for fast drying time mostly but some of the niceties I can't keep myself from performing. Habit.

Got a little room that is insulated out in our pole barn. Have a fan on the other side of the boards and a 2 gallon dehumidifier. The dehumidifier creates a small amount of heat that helps get the job done in three days.

Some of my pelts aren’t completely dry when I board them so I raise the edge of the pelt up on the nails and that helps quite a bit.

Skun one, fleshed and boarded two, got three beaver and two otter for the weekend.

I started putting up my fall beaver.If the nights stay cold for frostscraping I should have them all put up shortly for the fur pick up.
Dont need a lot of boards frostscraping as they dry in 1 day at room temp.

Do you take them off the boards after 24 hours Boco? I would think they'd taco shell a little.

Yea they are completely dry after 24 hours hanging at room temp when frostscraped.

Good thing I've got a lot of boards...my rain-scraped ones take three days.

The big ones bend a little but nothing to worry about.