My first Critter - Page 2

TheDuckSlayer · 01-23-2012, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Evanfowl

nice looking varmint, do you tan ur hides? i’m looking to go after coyote and i wanna tan my own dogs.

I'm actually pretty new to the game, so for right now I'm just selling them to the fur buyer as is, maybe next year I will have more info. But for now I just got a fox, a possum, and a coon today.

Iowa Trapper · 01-23-2012, 04:40 PM

Congrats on the fox. Not many people can say that was their first catch. Iowa Trappers Talk http://jpjohannes.proboards.com/index.cgi#general has a ton of information.

As to fur prep, skinning is very easy to learn and will add several dollars to each pelt. Another option in "putting up" your fur, which will also add several dollars to each pelt, but I personally do not enjoy fleshing and drying hides so I just sell in the "green"(skinned out)

TheDuckSlayer · 01-23-2012, 06:30 PM

Thanks for the website Iowa Trapper, should help me next year. I'm betting ill be mostly a late season trapper, maybe run some short lines in the fall since waterfowling takes up so much of my time.

Iowa Trapper · 01-23-2012, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDuckSlayer

Thanks for the website Iowa Trapper, should help me next year. I'm betting ill be mostly a late season trapper, maybe run some short lines in the fall since waterfowling takes up so much of my time.

Aint that the truth... all my hobbies are at the same time, waterfowl, trapping, deer hunting, pheasant hunting... Atleast I can run a line in the morning and still smack ducks on the weekends in the afternoon.

bullcan · 01-23-2012, 09:31 PM

A friend of mine just got back from Alaska. Here is a picture of the fox he shot up there...

bullcan · 01-24-2012, 05:24 AM

The fox isn't nearly as cool as the ducks they shot up there though...

01-23-2012, 04:40 PM	#15
Iowa Trapper Canvasback Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Floyd County Posts: 388 Thanked: 73 times	Re: My first Critter Congrats on the fox. Not many people can say that was their first catch. Iowa Trappers Talk http://jpjohannes.proboards.com/index.cgi#general has a ton of information. As to fur prep, skinning is very easy to learn and will add several dollars to each pelt. Another option in "putting up" your fur, which will also add several dollars to each pelt, but I personally do not enjoy fleshing and drying hides so I just sell in the "green"(skinned out) __________________ Member Delta Waterfowl and Ducks Unlimited

01-23-2012, 06:30 PM	#16
TheDuckSlayer Scouting Machine Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Waukee/Ames, Iowa Posts: 2,080 Thanked: 79 times	Re: My first Critter Thanks for the website Iowa Trapper, should help me next year. I'm betting ill be mostly a late season trapper, maybe run some short lines in the fall since waterfowling takes up so much of my time.

01-23-2012, 09:31 PM	#18
bullcan IAW Security Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cedar Rapids Posts: 2,827 Thanked: 339 times	Re: My first Critter A friend of mine just got back from Alaska. Here is a picture of the fox he shot up there... Attached Thumbnails (click picture to enlarge it) __________________ Anyone can hunt mallards, but you have to be born a diver hunter. You have to really, really love to hunt ducks to deal with frozen outboards, rough water, and the hard work it takes to hunt divers. The worst thing about growing old is that people no longer find you dangerous.

01-24-2012, 05:24 AM	#19
bullcan IAW Security Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cedar Rapids Posts: 2,827 Thanked: 339 times	Re: My first Critter The fox isn't nearly as cool as the ducks they shot up there though... Attached Thumbnails (click picture to enlarge it) __________________ Anyone can hunt mallards, but you have to be born a diver hunter. You have to really, really love to hunt ducks to deal with frozen outboards, rough water, and the hard work it takes to hunt divers. The worst thing about growing old is that people no longer find you dangerous.

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