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Old 11-26-2007, 10:06 AM
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The fox this year have thousands of fleas. The coyotes have some. I wear gloves when skinning and the fleas are just brushed off. I would rather deal with the fleas than smelling raid. There are a couple of diseases that are associated with wolves and coyotes and gloves are a good idea.

I skin in the calving pastures or in the barn and then place the hide in a white garbage bag tie it off and place in in the freezer. I dump carcasses back on the line and generally add them to bait piles. This way I can flesh later on and the fleas are all dead and there is no carcuss when I get home.

After they are fleshed bloody pelts are washed in laundry soap and cool water, wrung out and left to drip for an hour or so then boarded with skin out for 8-10 hours untill dry but not hard, turned fur out brushed heavy and let dry for week.

For the ears and boards here are some guidelines from the auction http://www.furharvesters.com/PDF/pelthandling.pdf
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