Dryin tails

[fuzz269]

I am sure I am not the first guy to come up with this idea just cause it works great and it was kinda obvious after I tryed it I was buildin some martin boxes and had left the hard ware cloth scraps on the bench, when I neaded to board a coyote. I got to the tail of the coyote and then the idea came to me. If I used the hard ware cloth I could save about 20 push pins.





Now I use this trick for all my fur, martin, lynx,fox. I bet it would work good on coons too. Like I said I am sure some one else used it first but I still thought I would pass it on. And yess I know that coyote was alittle blue still.

[willow]

I use a wedged shaped piece of cardboard cut from shipping boxes for coyotes, fox, coon fisher, it holds the tails straight and collects any fat that runs off the pelt.

willow ---

[fuzz269]

That would work good too, I bet. I use the hardwere cloth on all my tails now, Martin, coyote, fox, lynx and I hope to try it out on a fisher one of these seasons.

[trapp]

I have been using the screens for many years and love them, specially for marten, mink and otter.. The cardboard method was shown to me by my friend Pete however I still prefer the screen. The cardboard certainly does work well and soaks up the grease.

[fuzz269]

I pinned the tails on my mink like it showed in our manuel but they are the only ones I pin, I bet on a greesy coon the card board would be good thow.

[trapp]

fuzz if you use your thumbs to widen and shorten the mink tails, same with otters, the screen works very well.

[fuzz269]

I will have to give that a try

[white316]

It saves a lot of time to,,fuzz

[fuzz269]

On the critters I do it on it save me alot of time that is for sure, I will definetly give it a try on my next mink, and if I ever catch an otter it will get the same treatment lol.