I did not think that coon went that far north. good video and fun to watch, thanks for posting......jk

Yep, we got some nice coons here, the odd jumbo but probably not like the population further south. There’s coons covering the southern half of the Provence. We’re on the edge of boreal forest and near the Canadian Shield, but they still wander around. Deep in the bush they’re usually near beaver lodges/dams…….like everything else….lol

Looks like this is the same wolf in the pic from a month ago. Crazy nice fur.


I usually start buy skinning the legs, chop the feet above the paw, and pull the tail. Then lay it on the table to skin out the face up to the ears. This time I taped a bag over its head after skinning it, before I rehung it to peel the skin with the hoist down to the armpits which is where I run out of ceiling height. Instead of muscling it from there, I rigged up the fur to let the carcass pull it. Took a bit to remember I was now skinning backwards, but it worked pretty good! Came out pretty clean.
It’s still frozen in this pic, but here’s how I start.

Here it is flipped carcass pulling itself off the hide. Had to crop the crap out of it or it wouldn’t load.

That’s a coyote

What did that one weigh Shakey ??

93lb.

Nice pictures. Nice wolf. How are you heating that building??

Just a 4800kw construction heater. 28x32 with a 10’ ceiling……12’ would’ve been ideal but I didn’t know I’d be skinning wolves 15 years ago….lol.
I keep it at about 59F with a cold weather dehumidifier keeping it around 50% humidity depending on snowy vehicles.
I’ve kinda got the conditions figured out. If I board one in the evening and won’t have time to flip it in the morning, I turn the dehumidifier off and I can do it after work. Buys me some time.
I keep the construction heater on the concrete floor where it can shoot sparks if it wants, then I keep an eye every now and then at the plug in with a laser heat gun. Them heater are real bad for starting fires. One of these days I’ll hardwire a good one in past a thermostat.

Thanks for sharing

maybe add a pulley to the floor / table and skin it horizontal on the floor / table?

That's an option. I could use the quad winch. Only thing is I'd have to roll it a dew times.
A 12' ceiling when I built the shop would've been friggin sweet!

fun to live vicariously through you guys checking traps.

Sincerely, your neighbor across the lake