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Re: Beaver Tail Oil
[Re: Shakeyjake]
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08/23/24 08:29 PM
08/23/24 08:29 PM
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I’ve never seen any in there, but there’s flys buzzing around them sometimes. They vent through the cloth under the lids. Maybe I’ll give the other 3 a little shake and see what happens. I’ve got a box full of tails I’ll probably toss in a 5g bucket soon. I guess glass in the sun is better, but I saw a vid where a lure maker had 55g drums half full, was all black liquid on top. I’ll just leave it behind the garage until next fall.
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Re: Beaver Tail Oil
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08/24/24 07:27 AM
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I would think there was enough sun. A native fella living about 500 miles north of me does it this way. If I don’t let it vent, the glass will crack. On hot days it looked like it was starting to boil. My plastic 5g pail has a screw on lid and should have some flex. I’ll probably paint it black
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Re: Beaver Tail Oil
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08/24/24 06:52 PM
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I’ve seen a video of a guy doing it quick on the stove with the skin removed but it didn’t have the same kick. He figured the skin with a little bit of fur at the beginning of the tail gave it the nice dark oil if dark is what you want. I’ve also got time. The guy who said he wanted tails at $2-4CAD a piece backed out so I’ll use them for baiting and figure I’ll make some oil after hearing guys selling it to hunters. The stuff after the oil is rendered should be good stuff too. After you suck up the oil with a turkey baister, sounds like guys get another layer on top after a while?
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Re: Beaver Tail Oil
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08/25/24 07:44 AM
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Thanks guys! I don’t think a guy can really do anything wrong with beaver tail, maggots would be the worst case scenario….lol
Last edited by Shakeyjake; 08/25/24 07:45 AM.
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Re: Beaver Tail Oil
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08/25/24 10:34 AM
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I got an 8oz bottle full. Hard to explain the smell, it doesn’t really stink, kind of sweet smelling. There was a little bit of fur left on the tails, wasn’t much for flies, just the odd one investigating over summer. But I could smell it sometimes as a went into the little shed.
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