What are y'all putting your skunks up on? I tried to find dimensions for a skunk board online but am coming up empty. Neither FHA nor the old NAFA manual include dimensions for skunks and I also can not find anyone selling commercial boards. So, what's everyone using??

I haven't put up fur for awhile, but I believe I used the #23 Sleepy Creek for skunks. Not sure if the dimensions, but I can check when I get home. Edit, I see you asked about boards, not wire. I'm tired and dumb.

Well, wire would be okay too if it could be found.

I made mine from Hal Sullivans Fur Handling 2000 measurements. Board is 42 inches long ,3 wide at 3 down ,5 at 12,7 at 22 and at base. I have not trapped Skunks lately so I don't know what buyers want now. Good luck.

FHA fox boards, fox skunk and possum.
Even NAFA liked them.

I would be surprised if Leonard from Top Lot Stretcher Company didn't make and sell any.

I've put them up for years on my fox boards. My buyers pay top dollar year after year and compliment the put up.

Here you go Angela, from the FHA book

FnT is running a sale on their B grade fox stretchers, its in the closeout section under fur handling.
All of my skunks have been finished on wooden fox stretchers for years.

if your buying boards wire is cheaper. get a few #4's and squeeze the top some to make them narrower.

The #4s are $44.95 per 6 and the B grade wood are $39.95 per 6

I think fox boards would be fine, they are mostly after the tail.

I have a couple of skunk boards I bought years ago but they are too short to pin out the tails for many of our skunks. Those bigger midwest skunks would swallow them. I have used mostly raccoon boards but have a friend that uses the smaller otter boards.

I do not think the crafters who have traditionally bought most skunks are all that particular about how they are stretched. And the new fad tail market could care less about how the rest of the pelt is stretched.

My opinion, your mileage may vary.

Fox boards !

talked to somebody at fha this past summer and skunks was the topic so hear is what i took from it one of the religions is making new clothing and the tradituional fur used is skunk and at the last auction it was two buyers that bought the works because they needed like 5000 furs but fha didnt have that much so they bought it all at premium price and plan on filling their quota at next auction

FHA didn't have 5k skunks last year? Hard to believe. They sold 3100 just in March.

Otis Latham, aka the Colorado cat makes a fine skunk board.

A few years ago I modified a bunch of wire stretchers with a board on the bottom like NAFA literature shows for coon stretchers. Work good for the skunk tails to be pinned.

I had 2 Mountain currs that loved to stretch skunks, and boy were they good at it !