What’s your guys method of thawing out hides. And also where do you do it?

I used to hang them by the nose in my basement. They would unroll as they thawed. Once hanging loose, ready to flesh.

Yep …. Hang by the nose… be sure to roll them from tail to nose before freezing

I put them on the dining room table on top of old newspapers. My barn where I flesh and stretch has no heat. I unroll them as they thaw. Once thawed I put them in the barn fridge overnight and process the next day. Most furs thaw quick. Beaver take the longest to thaw for me

I thaw everything from fish to steak to muskrat to beaver in the fridge.It’s called thinking ahead.

I freeze hides flat. When ready lust lay them on the bench, floor or whatever and let them thaw.

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Put it on a table with a fan blowing on it.

…. That’s great

… but seems like a lot just to thaw a hide ?

haha I just tried to PM this dude to ask a question and he's ignoring me, LOL

By the nose and let unrole like others do.

Now he can see it.

Why does he have you on ignore?

No clue???

School lunch thread maybe???

LMAO! Now ya tell me!

Never, ever use any kind of heat to thaw a pelt. I remember 40 years ago working at a fur shop….a guy brought in 35 green rat hides. Looking close at them, the guard hairs were slipping. I asked him about them, he said he got them out of the freezer and set them in front of the furnace registers to thaw. That’s all it took.