I'm in the process of preparring a Coyote hide and i'm confused on exactly how to turn the nose. As I look at the nose from the inside I can see the center section of the nose (olo) -center section of the little drawing, o= nostriles, from what I have watched it shows making a cut down the center of the cartlide but when I do this I don't seem to get any material to work with,it seems like all I did was cut cartlide through the nose. Any sugestions on what I'm doing wrong.
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Jason, that cartlidge has to come out. Hold your fingers under the outerpart of the nose, and press gently down on the cartlidge with a sharp blade. It should go right down to the nose pad. Be carfull not to cut through into your finger. You can now flesh it out. I hope this helps, little hard to explain without being able to show you. Good Luck !
The easiest way to say this is just save the whole nose pad...everything else must go..
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go to this link and check out some of the pictures...this is an article i wrote for Glenn`s website. I explain how to thin the nose of a bobcat and have some good closeups...I usually just split the center cartlidge and leave it that way until after it`s tanned. Then I do the final thinning...the meat will be easier to work with once it`s tanned...good luck
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