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Otter Hide
Hillbilly:
Yep, cut it from back heel to back heel and peel it off like a sock. With the tail, you skin up to it and put a stick on each side of the tailbone just below the hide, grab them firmly while squeezing them together, and pull. It'll strip the bone right out of the tail.
RidgeRunner:
Wish me luck. :D
Will let you know how it works out.
David
billy:
HEy David,
You're lucky dude, cause otters have beautiful pelts. I found one last summer that was a fresh roadkill, so I case skinned it. I also just sliced the tail from the butt hole to the tip, and carefully skinned it with a sharp stone flake. Be careful not to slice the hide.
Otters have pretty thick skins, so after I got it off the otter I put it on a fleshing beam and scraped off all the fat and meat. I left the skin inside out, put small sticks inside it so the skin was an open tube, and put a fan on it to dry it as fast as possible. You'll want to dry the skin quickly..it helps to "set" the hair. If you leave the skin wet for too long the hair will begin to pull out.
I haven't finished tanning mine yet, but I'm gonna make a killer quiver when I do.
mullet:
Get some GOJO, you'l need it. And lemon juice to get the fish smell off your hands.
Hillbilly:
Well, how'd it go?
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