Posted By: WildFish
Another "first coon" question! - 01/05/23 02:46 PM
Hi all,
Great information here. I lease a small property mostly for deer and turkey hunting and I'm doing some predator management. In the process I've learned a lot about trapping. So now I'm after raccoons...
I want to get my first one tanned and maybe made into a hat by Glacier Wear. I have it skinned and big flesh removed. It's freezing now. Here are some questions I couldn't find the answers to.
1) Can I use a wood stretcher as a fleshing beam this year, or is the surface too flat to work?
2) What do I do about fleshing the face? None of the videos or texts cover this. Won't it rot if I don't flesh it? Particularly worried about ears. Also penis--cut all this area off?
3) If I'm anxious to get all of the grease off (since it's my first time) can I spray the leather with dawn and rinse before I dry? Or is that a terrible idea?
4) When I skinned it the nose was still on--whiskers too. I cut the nose off thinking it wouldn't dry. Was that a mistake?
Thanks for all the help!
Great information here. I lease a small property mostly for deer and turkey hunting and I'm doing some predator management. In the process I've learned a lot about trapping. So now I'm after raccoons...
I want to get my first one tanned and maybe made into a hat by Glacier Wear. I have it skinned and big flesh removed. It's freezing now. Here are some questions I couldn't find the answers to.
1) Can I use a wood stretcher as a fleshing beam this year, or is the surface too flat to work?
2) What do I do about fleshing the face? None of the videos or texts cover this. Won't it rot if I don't flesh it? Particularly worried about ears. Also penis--cut all this area off?
3) If I'm anxious to get all of the grease off (since it's my first time) can I spray the leather with dawn and rinse before I dry? Or is that a terrible idea?
4) When I skinned it the nose was still on--whiskers too. I cut the nose off thinking it wouldn't dry. Was that a mistake?
Thanks for all the help!