Frost scraped a coon today for tanning.
First time I ever frost scraped a coon,it went very fast and easy to clean the whole pelt,including head and tail.
Pretty much the same as frostscraping a fall bear except it only took a couple minutes,takes about 20 minutes to do a bear.
Temps were marginal,minus 15c but the wind chill was minus 27c.






Did an otter also.

That looks good not so greesy then.

Yea,no grease in the fur or in the leather.

Once It thaws out there will be grease. But not to much.

Its drying as is now. I'll take a pic when its dry.

Good stuff boco. What tool do you use to do the scraping?

I was hoping for a whale bone or something but that thing is nice too.

Beautiful pelt

Looks like it made it easy for sure, not easily done around here.

Thought it had to be colder, we didn’t get very many cold days…….yet.

Minus 27 is OK,not as good as minus 35 though.

… yeah .. disappointed to say the least

… I was leaning towards a yeti baculum

I thought windchill is only “felt”. So a block of steel sitting in a wind at -27WC but a temp of -15, is still only -15.

Boco what does Frost scraping mean? Is it frozen

Yes,You stretch the rough skinned hide tight,then take it out and let it freeze hard overnight.has to be around minus 25c to work best.when its cold the fat and flesh come off easy and look like pine shavings from a planer.If its not cold enough the flesh is too soft and there is no advantage,
Works real good at minus 30 but even at that temp you have to keep it out of the sun,since the sunlight will soften up the fat.

Yea, at 65 degrees today its hard to frost scrape.

I dont know about that,but if there was no windchill the skin would be too soft at minus 15c.

Go down to the chillin plant and ask the meatcutter if you can use his walk in freezer,lol.

Very clean! What is your plan for an open skinned coon pelt? When I first skinned a few coons in the early 1960s and used a knife and a spoon they sure did not look as good as that!!

Bryce