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Fleshing/Drying Fur #8506727
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OkieFromMuskogee Online content OP
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Does anyone have anything in depth they can explain on what I am doing wrong for drying my Fur? This is a Muskrat Fur with the air conditioning on, kept in the dark and a fan blowing on it at 65F. Is this what it's supposed to look like before I tan it? I'm very new to trapping and I've had to learn everything online because I have no mentor. I want to make sure I get it right before I send it off to be tanned.

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Re: Fleshing/Drying Fur [Re: OkieFromMuskogee] #8506757
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Looks good


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Re: Fleshing/Drying Fur [Re: OkieFromMuskogee] #8506758
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with muskrats i personally use a hog scrapper try to remember to get all fat off the hide and if toward the bottom the sides start to ride up i use 2 clothes pins one on each side
to hold the green hide in place to dry
nice job

Re: Fleshing/Drying Fur [Re: OkieFromMuskogee] #8506842
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that will dress


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Re: Fleshing/Drying Fur [Re: OkieFromMuskogee] #8506852
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They just look like un prime fur. Or I should say leather.


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Re: Fleshing/Drying Fur [Re: The Beav] #8506929
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OkieFromMuskogee Online content OP
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So that's why two of them look brown and one is Red? Just the part of the season I caught them in?

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