I stretched all those coon on 1 dozen #4 stretchers. I'm switching this year to 2 dozen wood stretchers though. I learned some things at the fur sale. Losing 200 dollars on fur put up will teach you to use wood.

what did they tell you abt using wood verses wire stretchers?
wire is what I have used btw

Wood gives you better length and a better uniformity of pelts. I don't know if you've noticed, but every pelt you pull off of wire looks a little different. When you put them on wood, they all have the exact same shape and dimensions. Buyers are looking for that real narrow nose, and 7-8 inch wide hip area. Wire can work if you know what you're doing, but wood is just so much more convenient for a consistent put up. However, if you do fine with wire, rock on! I just know that wood is going to help my put up personally.

right ig everything is mostly personal preference. personally I havnt done much fur put up. last year was my first and I think I put up maybe 20 critters sadly. and then this year I mostly just trapped beaver and I'm selling them green so ig I'll js have to do more and find my "personal preference " lol

Good to know; Imma make some wooden stretchers over the summer

show us some picts cowboy!! and the dimensions lol

when you make them of course

Will do! I have a few books tellin' me how to make em

yup

rednecktrapper16, I put up all my beaver this year on plywood. Putting up the beaver is not as hard as most people make it out. (You just really need a sharp fleshing knife.) Plus, it is very satisfying to see a stack of put up beaver. And, they bring a better price!

We had a cold snap here in Ohio in the middle of December. It got down to -15 that night, and didn't get higher than 15 the next day. Now, that doesn't sound that cold, but I was running on a four-wheeler exclusively. Brrrr! That day was so worth it though! I pulled up to the one pond I was trapping. I had set a 110 in a dry hole above the water line, but my trap was missing! I was so frustrated that something had pulled the trap off of the stake. Well, I kept checking my other traps around the pond, when I saw something floating in the water. I waded out to it, thinking it was a muskrat. That was when I realized that it was my first mink! It was awesome!

I don't know why it keeps turning my pictures sideways.

Nice!!!! That's a big mink!

hmmm

There. Try using this button

instead of the full picture uploader thing, and then you can see a preview and click "left" or "right" to turn it right-side-up

Thank you!

No problem!

that is a big mink!! wow! way to go beaver!!

last year I put my few beaver up on wire stretchers. and yes for sure you need a nice and sharp fleshing knife. I talked to the buyer I will be using and he said it's only abt a 1-2 dollar difference in put up and green beaver. for the amount of work it takes and the amount of time it takes to put them up( time that I don't have at all lol) it just isn't worth it to me. if I had a whole lot more time I would prob put them all up and I would makes some wood stretchers as well