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Cleaning muskrats #8329828 02/01/25 08:22 PM 02/01/25 08:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri S sigpros OP trapper
sigpros OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri	My son is attempting to trap some muskrats out of a lagoon. Do you guys wash them? Or what steps should we take to clean them? Before skinning I assume. He wants to try and put these up. They will be the first fur we have tried to put up. We will probably get them tanned and maybe have a headband or hat made from them for my wife

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8329865 02/01/25 09:00 PM 02/01/25 09:00 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 12,019 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 12,019 Iowa	Rats usually aren't dirty and just need to dry before skinning and putting up.

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8329903 02/01/25 09:41 PM 02/01/25 09:41 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri S sigpros OP trapper
sigpros OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri	I just didn’t know from being in the lagoon if they would be stinky? Hopefully he has some full traps in the morning and we can start our fur handling adventure

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8330069 02/02/25 07:34 AM 02/02/25 07:34 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,333 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,333 new york	I tumble all my rats before I skin them, it makes a difference in how the fur looks/feels.

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8330619 02/02/25 08:01 PM 02/02/25 08:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri S sigpros OP trapper
sigpros OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri	He caught 2 today. How do they look? Well sorry I can’t get the pics to load. The picture button is gone. Last edited by sigpros; 02/02/25 08:03 PM.

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8330765 02/02/25 11:43 PM 02/02/25 11:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,933 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 47,933 james bay frontierOnt.	Are you talking about a sewage lagoon. If so you could be exposed to hepatitis. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Cleaning muskrats [Re: sigpros] #8333259 02/05/25 04:30 PM 02/05/25 04:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri S sigpros OP trapper
sigpros OP trapper S Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 682 Smithville, Missouri	Picked up another one today

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