I absent Mindly forgot to put in belly wedge on 2 mink, they are stuck right now, I just try put them in freezer, would slit them up the belly side devalue the pelt? What other way is there ? I read that put in freezer would work to get them off?

I did that to a mink. Banged the nose end onto the floor a couple times and it came loose…

Wrap them with a damp towel to get them pliable then insert belly wedge & redry.

I already try bang on the nose, they are dry rock hard

How long would u have to wrap with damp towel? U wouldn't want the fur inside wet

I've done that with otter several times. Like elsmasho said. a few good hard taps on the nose. Then I put the bottom of the board in a vise and used leather gloves for grip and was able to pull them off. I would think mink would be a bit easier?

Overnight wrap in some moist paper towels and they come right off next day.

I already try a vice grips an stand on it an pull, maybe 2 pair vice grips with one on each side of bottom of board

I well try moist paper towels as last resort, thanks, how moist should they be? Saturated with water?

Don't need to be over-saturated. Moist enough if you squeeze a handful of it some water comes out.

Thank u for advice

Sprinkle snow on both side then let it melt wait about and hour put board in vice grab nose with pliers and pull

Put it in the freezer for awhile.

Bang the head end on the floor. Harder!

I have no idea what freezing would do

Just do what beaverpeeler is telling you. It works.

Put in freezer like coop said and take it out tomorrow and remove from board if in a hurry split the board .

Damp cloth works, don’t over think about it.

Yup a warm damp towel works wonders, doesn’t take very long, then put bottom board in a vice and pull it off. Done it many times when I forgot belly board.

Let us know how you come out. It has happen to many of us 🤣🤣….. Marty

Key word is DAMP!! Not WET!!

In the freezer for a few hours will work too.

I second the freezer.

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Sell the hides with the board included.

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Take a towel and get it good and wet with warm/hot water then wring out all the water you can. Wrap it in the towel and in fifteen minutes it should come right off. Or if you don't have warm water available you can do as beaverpeeler says, but if you use warm/hot water it absorbs it a lot faster and limbers up a lot faster. Doesn't take long at all.

I've done this to get stubborn hides off stretchers a few times, and routinely do this turning hides.

that's what I would end up doing

I can't see how I forgot, just today I notice when going remove board

Can you blame it on the cat somehow?

For awhile there, the board would've been worth more than the hide

Thank you coonman, was thinking about this thread when I double checked some coon I boarded this morning. Sure enough one was missing a belly board. You saved me some trouble in a few days.

Did you get the Mink off Dave?

The freezer idea didn't work, so tonite I am going to wrap in wet paper towel or towel an soak overnite, should it be warm water or is cold ok?

I’d use cold if it were me.

Just wrap the damp towel around the neck area where it tapers. That’s where they stick.

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Should it come off easy after dampen skin?

If it is damp enough, you should be able to tug it off. It won't just fall off, but with a little coaxing, you will get it. You can add water to your towel, don't worry. You just don't want it dripping wet.

You get it off the board Coonman?

Run it over to UNI Dave. My boy's still bench pressing near 400lbs. I bet he can yank that sucker off the board for ya.

If he wrapped in in damp towels overnite your 89 year old granny can likely yank it off the board for him.

How did it go Dave?

Be more careful with the mink, it just went up in value after the FHA sale....