Why do trappers flesh and dry skins for trade without the problem of hair slippage while we have to salt and pickle?Just curious.
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what the fur buyers do Is tan em after they buy em
they make specialized cuts say the back would be the best
of the fur..yes you raise a good question and George better come up
with a good answer right now?
Having worked on hides in the hide shed, we never turned the ears, and who cared if there were no eyelids, not any feet or nose. We knocked the fat off them stretched the hides and put a fan on them to dry. A lot of times the belly would slip, but not the backs of the animals. Look a a box of tanned coon faces, many have slipped.
Of course we taxidermist need every hair to stay on the hide.
most trappers and companies that sell trapper skins will tell you that the skins are not suitable for taxidermy. That should clue you off on the difference in quality.
Seems like every hide that the hair would fall out since bacteria is still present.I was wondering this the other day as I am a trapper also but usually sell on the carcass and know many who skin and dry to send to Canada to the auctions.