Beaver fleshing

[summit creek]

take your animal to your taxi and let them do it dont cost that much have it done right

[TeacherMan]

Foxx Furs will charge you $11 to flesh and $25 to tan a beaver.

best $11 you will ever spend if your not set up to do it/don't have the time to do it correct   

[Humptulips]

I sent a couple beaver to USA FOXX to be plucked/sheared and dressed for our fair booth display.

I clean skinned and fleshed what needed it, turned the ears and they were shipped in what I thought was perfect condition.
They came back damaged and although usable for our booth I was not happy with the work.
I've sent a lot of stuff off to Moyle Mink & Tannery and never had that problem.
I'd say if you are cutting one up for sewing USA FOXX will work but if you want one for a wall hanger, beware.

[Beartrap]

Rough skin the beaver I catch. When I get to many hanging I can just skin them and throw them in the freezer put them up as I get time. Hump do you drum the beaver after you skin or after you finish all touch up fleshing.

[Humptulips]

Rough skin the beaver I catch. When I get to many hanging I can just skin them and throw them in the freezer put them up as I get time. Hump do you drum the beaver after you skin or after you finish all touch up fleshing.

I don't drum my beaver, just brush them out. When you clean skin there isn't much fat gets on the fur. Sometimes a little blood and I wash them off with just water.
Takes me at most a half hour to skin and remove the castors and with the cage traps I'll never get too many to have to freeze them. I thought about trying the rough skin and flesh after seeing Greg Shroeder do beaver. Now that guy is fast! You have to see him put up fur to appreciate how good the guy is. Anyway, I just couldn't make the change, to set in my ways I guess.

[rasbo]

have you guys tried using air?

[butcher98951]

Rough skin the beaver I catch. When I get to many hanging I can just skin them and throw them in the freezer put them up as I get time. Hump do you drum the beaver after you skin or after you finish all touch up fleshing.

I don't drum my beaver, just brush them out. When you clean skin there isn't much fat gets on the fur. Sometimes a little blood and I wash them off with just water.
Takes me at most a half hour to skin and remove the castors and with the cage traps I'll never get too many to have to freeze them. I thought about trying the rough skin and flesh after seeing Greg Shroeder do beaver. Now that guy is fast! You have to see him put up fur to appreciate how good the guy is. Anyway, I just couldn't make the change, to set in my ways I guess.

You can clean skin a beaver in less then 30 mins? where you at i want to see steps for this..

[Humptulips]

Perhaps a little clarification. When I say I clean skin that is not completely true. There still is need  of fleshing although it is minimal. I don't sweat a few small patches of meat and I do not worry about the fat around the legs. Those things flesh easy so I would probably be more truthful to say semi-clean skin.
It doesn't take me long to flesh though when done this way and there is little fat to make its way onto the fur.
Tonight I skinned and fleshed 2 blanket beaver, a small otter and a mink. I was in the fur shed 2 1/2 hours. That includes building a fire in the stove and doing a little clean up work where I had been working on traps so probably 2 hours fur handling.
There are better and faster. Here's a good video  to watch.

I do things a bit different then Carl but the basics are the same and he is faster then me.

[3nails]

 Great post!