Richard Teague
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What is your plan for the hides?
Coon takes a hit at 110 yds in pitch black darkness.
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There's a definite benefit to being frugal. Plus, depending on their source of income, Amish are one of the few groups that do not have to pay Social Security. (That might have changed in the decades that have passed since I read that court case).
Nice quick work of that hide too. Never skinned for the ears before - great idea. Did you leave the tail "bone in"?
Richard Teague
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Supposedly the bone that is the penis sells for more than the hide if dried properly.
Oh, geese! Thanks for the compliment! It was my first skinning job on a coon and I had to YouTube my way through it! I didn't have a tail zipper so yes, I left the bone in. At any rate, the next day, I ordered a fleshing beam and a fur handlers kit so I'll have a much easier time of it next time! Problem is, with all the delivery issues with USPS I still haven't got the kit yet! I hope to get it this week.
Taco John
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Wait........Amish can't drive a car, but they can drive a thermal?
I'm not sure. I have tanning solution but my taxidermist said that the "cracking" process (which requires alot of kneading and pulling of the hide) is rather tough and to get really good quality pelts, it's best to ship them off to a tanner to do that. She gave me a name of a tannery in PA. Supposedly, you get it all fleshed out, salt it and then freeze it and ship it frozen early in the week. I'll try one myself first and then maybe explore that option in the future.
Taco John
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Tannery east side :
Tannery west side:
Avoid USA Fox for tanning.
Tubari, Ltd. | Fur Dressers & Dyers | Passaic, NJ
www.tubariltd.com
Tannery west side:
Avoid USA Fox for tanning.
No evil wheels on the thermal. Of course wires are evil but the thermal may not have actual "wires" just circuit boards. That's about the extent of my Amish knowledge. Oh and they drink warm beer...
Peddler 76
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And they love to hunt ad poach!
I meant by doing it that same night. I'd have waited until the next day.
Admittedly I don't know squat about Amish but read a long article by someone who went to live with an Amish family for a year. The author was puzzled by many exceptions to "no powered machinery / nothing produced by powered machinery" and asked into it. The community went by an Ordnung holding the philosophy of being present, faithful and non-wasteful at all times. Machine made mayonnaise was cheaper to use than make their own aioli, some powered machinery allowed them to make their products faster. I wonder if they have some form of indulgences.
Last one I skinned was ages ago, what a nasty stench it had. Cut it from the neck back, left tail bone-in. Salted it & put it up on the "drying rack" outside -- ex-wife wouldn't let me bring it inside. Carcass and hide were gone the next day when I got home from work. I always wondered if she had tossed it.
It has always amazed me about coons - they look like fat, portly buggers, but when you skin them, there's some *serious* muscle underneath that hide.
My ex wife finally admitted to tossing my first deer skull away after many years that I had left outside with salt on it. Did I mention ex wife?
Riflehunter1776
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sells.....to who?
Richard Teague
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Heck I ain't sure, moonshiners probably get their own but the wannabee moonshiners have to buy em.
