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Post by michaelweese on Jan 14, 2011 14:35:50 GMT -6
anyone ever try using them on your fur?
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Post by RiverRat on Jan 14, 2011 15:24:09 GMT -6
I have used soild boards , seems to ME that they take forever to dry. I perfer wire for coyotes and adj. wood for cats.
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Post by humptulips on Jan 14, 2011 17:59:11 GMT -6
All I use. Takes a cat or coyote a day and a half to two days to dry. Maybe 8 hours fur in and a day or a little more fur out I have a big fan on them though.
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 14, 2011 19:14:33 GMT -6
do you borax them? would they dry if you borax them and not flip them, just put them fur out from the get go?
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Post by cowman on Jan 14, 2011 19:48:37 GMT -6
I use solid boards with borax and no flip, works fine for me.
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Post by B.Evans on Jan 14, 2011 19:52:27 GMT -6
Wood board,s .No borax.
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Post by humptulips on Jan 14, 2011 20:49:40 GMT -6
do you borax them? would they dry if you borax them and not flip them, just put them fur out from the get go? I only use the borax after dry to clean them. I occasionally have put a little borax on a coyote with a green belly. Can't remember that coming up with a cat though. |
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 14, 2011 22:03:56 GMT -6
the reason i ask is because i borax my cats right now before they go on a wire stretcher. i just ordered a adjustable wood stretcher from otis. thinking hard about buying a solid board also before i buy a dozen, i want some comparison before i jump into the deep end of the pocket book!!!
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Post by TexA on Jan 15, 2011 5:39:45 GMT -6
Just REMEMBER to USE A BELLY BOARD and solid boards work GREAT  The only thing here that goes on wire is Rats! |
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Post by Happy Plumber on Jan 15, 2011 11:19:43 GMT -6
I have sold a ton of basswood yote, grey fox, and 3 different sizes of cat stretchers in the Western states. All of them have been split stretchers and there are alot of trappers using borax as this eases in handling and saves time. I unfortionately had a problem with procuring basswood lumber and was basically put out of buisness for a year, because of it. I have rectified that problem and will be going great guns for the 2011 trapping season. HP
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Post by Gibb on Jan 15, 2011 12:51:08 GMT -6
Solid boards for me. Basswood or western red cedar is the best material to make them out off.
Jim
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Post by martyb on Jan 15, 2011 14:21:22 GMT -6
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 15, 2011 15:56:52 GMT -6
marty whats the drying difference on the two different types of stretchers your using? You use borax on those cats?
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Post by martyb on Jan 15, 2011 17:53:16 GMT -6
I swirled them around in a borax tub after fleshing, got them coated reall good.
Stretched skin out first then turned.
I can't comment on the drying times, I put them up in the coon drying room, 80* degrees, and grain bin fans finish them off pretty fast.
I started on Sat. night, and had them all finished, cleaned up, tumbled, spit polished, and on the floor in time for the buyer on monday am.
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 15, 2011 18:40:55 GMT -6
the main reason for the interest in boards for cats is for the larger toms that i have been catching! they don't fit well on the #5 wire stretchers as far as length goes! cat that stretch 38 and less fit perfect on the wire! I'm still using what i think is the Nevada stretch on my cats and have been getting selects at nafa, i got a top lot in 2009 so apparently I'm doing it right!
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 15, 2011 18:54:46 GMT -6
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Post by TurTLe on Jan 15, 2011 22:44:25 GMT -6
Where do you buy those adjustable cat boards Marty? I'd like to get a dozen of those.
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Post by michaelweese on Jan 16, 2011 5:56:22 GMT -6
2 people on this site make them. Colorado cat and happy plumber.
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Post by crichards on Jan 21, 2011 11:09:03 GMT -6
Marty what states uses the white CITES tags
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Post by martyb on Jan 21, 2011 20:27:37 GMT -6
I think they're federal. We have some Core of Engineers ground, and some National Wildlife Refuges in NE.
It says "FWS" on them.
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