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Beaver shovel #8309552 01/11/25 07:51 PM 01/11/25 07:51 PM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 12 virginia C coontail1 OP trapper
coontail1 OP trapper C Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 12 virginia	A few years ago someone mention there is a guy that uses a sharpened shovel to skin beavers. Does anyone know how this is done?

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309581 01/11/25 08:16 PM 01/11/25 08:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 5,656 Aliceville, Kansas 44 Yukon John trapper
Yukon John trapper Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 5,656 Aliceville, Kansas 44	From what I've seen it's only used on the sides of the belly. Act like a blank, get treated like a blank. Insert your own blank!

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309588 01/11/25 08:21 PM 01/11/25 08:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 18,923 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 18,923 Rodney,Ohio	One of the clean skinning videos out there shows using a sharpened shoulder blade off a deer or other critter, which is basically like a shovel in shape. Think beaverpeeler posted it at one time or another. http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309608 01/11/25 08:49 PM 01/11/25 08:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,270 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,270 Oregon	Nope. Not me. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309667 01/11/25 09:33 PM 01/11/25 09:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 762 U.P. Michigan Spade trapper
Spade trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 762 U.P. Michigan	I think your referring to using a garden trowel. It was sharpened on the inside edge 24 years Army Medical Corps I only want to be known as: A great husband, a good trapper, and a great steward of the land.

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309682 01/11/25 09:46 PM 01/11/25 09:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 18,923 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 18,923 Rodney,Ohio	Found one of the old posts but the youtube account got deleted http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309699 01/11/25 09:59 PM 01/11/25 09:59 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,218 wyoming southeast D danvee trapper
danvee trapper D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,218 wyoming southeast	Natives up north use a shin bone talk to Boco he knows about it also frost scrapping which is awesome.

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8309846 Yesterday at 07:23 AM Yesterday at 07:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 12 virginia C coontail1 OP trapper
coontail1 OP trapper C Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 12 virginia	Great. Thanks guys. That would be neat using a shin bone or a trowel

Re: Beaver shovel [Re: coontail1] #8310513 Yesterday at 05:36 PM Yesterday at 05:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,629 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,629 james bay frontierOnt.	NFB Cree Hunters of Mistassini 36 minutes in. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

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