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03-12-2012, 10:54 AM
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Torn red fox
While I was turning my fox, it ripped along the neck to belly a bit. Does that ruin my pelt? Is it still worth sending in? This is my first season and I'm ****ed I did this wrong.
Mark
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03-12-2012, 12:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mark-edmonton
While I was turning my fox, it ripped along the neck to belly a bit. Does that ruin my pelt? Is it still worth sending in? This is my first season and I'm ****ed I did this wrong.
Mark
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Send It in I tore a real nice one once and though it was the end of the world but I still did good on the money for it
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03-12-2012, 12:51 PM
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Ok will try that. It was a real nice fox. Pretty red female. Nice color!!!
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03-12-2012, 01:37 PM
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How are you with a needle? Wet down the hide with a wet rag and turn it back inside out again. Sew it up with tri-lene or any light fishing line and turn back out fur side. I really wet the edges I want to sew up so they're pliable. On a long hair fur the sew job really blends in. Good luck
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03-12-2012, 01:57 PM
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Close stitches?
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03-12-2012, 01:59 PM
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Gone Hunting
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use dental floss
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03-12-2012, 02:58 PM
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Quote:
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use dental floss
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x2 and bowstring wax it, fox and rabbit are thin eh ...chain
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03-12-2012, 06:57 PM
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Ya I've seen paper thicker. Was my first one what a disappointment. Afraid to turn it and make it worse
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03-12-2012, 06:58 PM
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It tore from the side of the neck to almost front armpit!!!
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03-12-2012, 07:11 PM
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Fox are soft like rabbit, very easy to damage. I did my first one 3 years ago, cut the nose off and pulled off the white tip of the tail, it still hangs on the garage wall. They are pretty animals though, we used to just see the odd one but we snared 4 this year.
Doug
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03-12-2012, 08:29 PM
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Before you turn the fox, wet the hide with a wet paper towel. It will keep it from ripping and does not affect the drying.
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03-12-2012, 08:50 PM
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Same thing happened to me with a coyote; left it dry a little to long and was hoping that I could still turn it without ripping. Well it did rip. I think I'll try Brian's advice before I send it away
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03-12-2012, 08:58 PM
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I think you left it a bit too long before you turned it. But anyone who works with hides soon gets pretty good with a needle and thread.
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