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Beaver
Outbackbob48:
Yea fleshin beavers can be a ton of work especially the big ones, I don't have to much experience with the tails but the ones I did were pretty gristly :(. The small beavs ate pretty good ;D ;D later Bob
swamp monkey:
Tails are difficult to flesh. I have fleshed them fresh and after being frozen. Fresh is best but it is no pick nick. The worst cuts I ever gave myself were earned on beaver tail fleshing. be careful and don't give up. Beaver tail handles are nice looking. Beaver pelts are even nicer and well earned.
Sparrow:
It takes five times longer,but,you can skin a beaver,very carefully with a very sharp,small curved blade and leave all that fat on the carcass.I think that it probably only takes about an hour or a little more to do than the combined time it takes to skin and flesh one the usual way.Takes a bit of patience.Definately not a production method if you have a bunch of critters to do. ' Frank
Outbackbob48:
Sparrow, I can rough skin one in 20 min, an probably flesh one in 20 min an probably 20 more to stretch. Got 26 so far so I got lots of practice an I'm set up pretty good now. I have boards with patterns on them which really helped on the stretching. Neckers 600 fleshing knife,beaver knife with curved blade that you mention an fleshing beam. Heated fur shed with radio, I'm good to go. ;D ;DBob
Sparrow:
Man ! That is production. We have alot of beaver around here but they have pretty effectively banned trapping in Washington state. 'Course where there is a will there is a way for a primitive minded individual. I got a couple in high school using deadfalls so .......Yeah. Lot of otter around this country as well. Sounds like you are having a good season Bob ' Frank
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