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[Ninask]

Great thread good reading
Have you ever tried tanning a badger?
the fat seems impossible to remove from the hide on this critter for some reason
N

[incredablehefey]

Great thread, thank you for taking the time to do this.

Is it possible to over tan the hide? Or would it be feasible to leave the hide (or 2) submerged in a sealed bucket for the trip home?

[aaronraby1]

I recommend a tail stripper.

[aaronraby1]

Sweet now I don't have to pay 40 bucks a coon!!! Thank you!!!!

wow... that's ridiculous... I recommend you stop going to wherever is charging you that much.

[aaronraby1]

Great thread good reading
Have you ever tried tanning a badger?
the fat seems impossible to remove from the hide on this critter for some reason
N

fleshing beams work great.

[Mesa Defense]

Whoa, who's that guy?????

[Tanner68]

Thanks StraightShooter. Great post!

[BigPimping]

Very cool post on a lost art.

[Woody13]

Thanks this was a grwat read and a lot of cool info.

[G38xOC]

I definitely will try this method out . thanks

[Whacked]

Any other alternative to peanut oil?

[Don@Tahoe]

I'm going to tan a Beaver pelt, do you have any advice or direction for Beaver?
Also, where can I find a stretching tool like you have?

[Oger2]

I'm going to tan a Beaver pelt, do you have any advice or direction for Beaver?
Also, where can I find a stretching tool like you have?

Breath on it hard, hot and heavy. If you want to stretch it? You will need to mic the width of, well, you know.

[StraightShooter]

Any other alternative to peanut oil?

I used baseball glove conditioner once which worked ok. Peanut oil is nice and light and doesn't smell so that's why it is a good choice.

[StraightShooter]

I'm going to tan a Beaver pelt, do you have any advice or direction for Beaver?
Also, where can I find a stretching tool like you have?

Beaver would be done essentially the same way in terms of tanning. You need to flesh it pretty thoroughly before tanning though because they are fatty and the tan won't penetrate deep enough if there is fat still on it and the hair will slip. Beaver is usually stretched on round stretchers versus those longer wire ones I use for fox and coyotes. I buy stretchers at bass pro, cabelas, or van dykes taxidermy. I'm headed to Texas next week to eradicate the beavers that are destroying the dams on my lakes. If I can I'll try and do a write up on tanning the beaver.