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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: badnewskruse on December 20, 2020, 12:50:28 PM

Title: fleshing
Post by: badnewskruse on December 20, 2020, 12:50:28 PM: do you guys buy fleshing boards or do you make your own? they seem a bit spendy online so i was thinking about making my own
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Post by: redi on December 20, 2020, 01:22:45 PM: You can use things like a 4 or 5 inch round fence post with a tapered end or make one out of six or 8 inch PVC pipe. There is several YouTube videos that could help you
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Post by: Norman89 on December 20, 2020, 02:37:16 PM: Check out coon creek outdoors on youtube he has a video on the pvc fleshing beam that I copied it works great for me
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Post by: Loup Loup on December 20, 2020, 02:51:32 PM: I've been using the same beam I hacked out of a 2x6 with a hatchet 43-44 seasons ago. Seeing how its got a 2x6 base, scabbed together from the left over board, its portable. Its been to countless trapping camps in E WA, into Idaho, and Nevada. Im stalling right now as Ill put 3 beavers across it this afternoon.
I use a straight fleshing knife hence the flat beam. Ive yet to try a curved knife or beam.
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Post by: Mt.Beaver on December 20, 2020, 03:23:48 PM: You can make one following various directions mentioned. A little trick Doug Stanley ( Hicks Creek Fur Co. )has set up outside his fur shed for doing beavers is a sheet of plywood to hang the skinned beaver hide on and then he uses a pressure washer to flesh them. I borrowed a pressure washer this winter and it does the job. Don't try it on thinner skins or you could cut them up. Doug does a lot of skins and it saves time.
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Post by: badnewskruse on December 20, 2020, 03:29:48 PM: awesome thanks for the advice! i
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Post by: Loup Loup on December 20, 2020, 03:37:49 PM: Im still stalling:
Every 2nd hand store Ive ever been in has several drawknives for sale. They make excellent fleshing knives. Very good steel. Probably cost you $10-$12 though.
Be careful, be sure and pick one you like, cause they're like a mule, they'll last you the rest of your life.
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Post by: 3nails on December 20, 2020, 04:31:17 PM: I think all you fleshing guys are weird. :chuckle: I clean skin everything I hate it so much.
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Post by: Loup Loup on December 20, 2020, 04:46:49 PM: 3nails: At first blush, that sure sounds idyllic. But, then, as I look around me, I wonder, what then do you feed your dogs?
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Post by: 3nails on December 20, 2020, 04:50:30 PM: Quote from: Loup Loup on December 20, 2020, 04:46:49 PM
3nails: At first blush, that sure sounds idyllic. But, then, as I look around me, I wonder, what then do you feed your dogs?
:chuckle:
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Post by: Loup Loup on December 20, 2020, 04:55:52 PM: Ha ha!
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Post by: JakeLand on December 20, 2020, 07:58:19 PM: A good post fleshing knife and a good hardwood beam makes short work of skins especially if you got a stack on the bench to do