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Title: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: nlester on December 09, 2010, 04:36:03 pm
I'm wanting to make a coon skin quiver.  Could someone tell me how I would go about this?
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: Keenan on December 09, 2010, 09:02:51 pm
Put some cat food on the back porch and stand by the door with your weapon of choice. ;D ;D ;D Sorry I couldn't resist. ;D  Seriously though not sure, Hopefully some can help out here. PS. the cat food dose work. ;D
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: mullet on December 09, 2010, 10:01:04 pm
 Get in touch with Mechlasher, He has one of the prettiest, racoon quivers I've seen.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: medicinewheel on December 10, 2010, 01:24:47 am
Keenan, that's funny...
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: sailordad on December 10, 2010, 01:31:01 am
once you get the cat food in the dish on the back porch
i  would recomend lay in hiding with a club
kit wont leave any holes in the pelt that will need to be fixed later  ;)
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: NTD on December 10, 2010, 01:35:56 am
some of those feral cats would make a sweet quiver ;D  So the catfood baiting would be a win win either way.  Fortunately or unfortunately we don't have many feral cats (or raccoons) in my neck of the dirt...too many coyotes
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: nlester on December 10, 2010, 11:56:48 am
Get in touch with Mechlasher, He has one of the prettiest, racoon quivers I've seen.

Thanks
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: Keenan on December 10, 2010, 12:57:59 pm
Once several years ago, me and a friend went out for opening fishing weekend. Got the the night before and just crashed in the truck. We woke to find a big coon in our cooler eating the cereal.  We decided to pour some out on the truck box by the siding window and wait with the bat. After dozing off I woke to see Jim asleep with bat in hand and all the cereal was gone. ::)  No breakfast and no coon skin.

 Nlester, please keep us posted of your progress on your quiver. ;)
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: Pat B on December 10, 2010, 04:42:39 pm
Check out the "How To" section for hair on quivers. I made a coyote quiver a few years ago from info I got from the How To section.  I have done leather work for years but never with hair on hides. There are a few trade secrets that will make life easier for you there.
  Check the "Trading Post" for coon pelt if you don't already have one.  Chris(Mechslasher) can tell you where he got the amathists for the eyes too.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: mullet on December 10, 2010, 10:28:43 pm
 They weren't Amythest, they were Sapphires.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: nlester on December 11, 2010, 09:34:02 am
Check out the "How To" section for hair on quivers. I made a coyote quiver a few years ago from info I got from the How To section.  I have done leather work for years but never with hair on hides. There are a few trade secrets that will make life easier for you there.
  Check the "Trading Post" for coon pelt if you don't already have one.  Chris(Mechslasher) can tell you where he got the amathists for the eyes too.

I coon hunt and my freezer is overflowing with coon fur.  If anyone needs some, I'd be than happy to trade some.  I'll do my homework before I get going on this project.  Thanks for the advice I received.  Its much appreciated.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: Pat B on December 11, 2010, 11:02:32 am
Frank(Medicinewheel) built a boar hide quiver and posted a "how to" there also.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: SSGN_Doc on December 31, 2010, 08:21:19 pm
I just trapped my first racoon, and was thinking about a coon skin quiver myself.  The raccoons down here are kind of small so I think I need to trap another about the same size.  I plan to brain tan them.  I case skinned the one and would plan on doing the same with a second one and then sinew stitch them together end to end and put the face masks up top and the tails on the bottom.

I'd be happy to get some advice or suggestions as well.
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: stickbender on January 24, 2011, 01:34:10 am

     Nate don't you have those Mexican racoons?  The Coati Mundies, or however it is spelled....?


                                                                    Wayne
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: skyarrow on February 16, 2011, 04:26:04 pm
I have a stinker quiver lol it's from a skunk il post pics once I get off work so you can see what I did all I used was wool thread,crochet hook , sewing awl, stick, and the stinker it was super easy to make took two afternoons

Sterling
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: skyarrow on February 16, 2011, 09:26:28 pm
here are some pics of my skunk quiver its about the same size as a coon
Title: Re: Coon Skin Quiver?????
Post by: skyarrow on February 16, 2011, 09:39:40 pm
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Post by: BigNocker on October 04, 2012, 08:22:04 pm
Looking for quiver ideas and just had to reintroduce this old one.  A skunk with arrows coming out of its butt. HAHA love it!