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Post by CoonDuke on Apr 3, 2011 15:31:27 GMT -6
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Post by robertw on Apr 3, 2011 19:01:58 GMT -6
Coonduke,
Put up fur (grease type like coons, rats, beaver, ect) will yellow badly if not frozen over a couple of months. Freeze it and it will look fresh when you pull it out of the freezer.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 4, 2011 6:58:49 GMT -6
I'd love to know the secret, of holding fur without getting that stale look.
I've tried to holdover mink whole, skun and put up by several means- wrapping in butcher paper, wrapping in plastic bags, shrink wraping, wrapping in newspaper- and ALL very definitely showed they were stale the next fall.
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Post by garman on Apr 4, 2011 7:12:59 GMT -6
Steve when I worked for the fur buyer he told me mink could not in any way he knew be held over, Unless Tanned. Beaver, Rats, fox yotes can be held for a long time. I have held coon for a year and been ok.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 4, 2011 7:20:16 GMT -6
that explains it then.
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Post by 17HMR on Apr 4, 2011 7:48:03 GMT -6
I have been wanting to try a big HD vacume sealer, but havent bought one yet.
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Post by robertw on Apr 4, 2011 19:39:09 GMT -6
Last year I scraped some otter that had been vacume sealed (green pelts) and frozen for 4 years. None had any freezer burn. I wasy very impressed!
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Post by Happy Plumber on Apr 8, 2011 14:47:04 GMT -6
The problem comes in how they are frozen. If you freeze them in a chest freezer one layer at a time you will have no probem and then wait till they are frozen before putting more in. I have four separate chest freezers and I don't catch more than what I can put one layer in each per day. I'm sure that you can have problems if they aren't froze properly. I also put newspaper between layers so that they don't freeze together. HP
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Post by trappnman on Apr 9, 2011 6:29:22 GMT -6
in the case of my mink, freezing fast and hard wasn't the issue.
RE: freezing properly- I used to lay them flat when I had larger chest freezers, and liked doing so but now I'm down to 2 smaller ones, and a large upright. I find that by drying coon out (the fur that gets the most freezer space) and rolling tightly before freezing takes up less room, but the dry fur gets the "cold" to the leather quicker and they freeze up very fast.
and then when thawing, the thaw time is very short until they can be unrolled and sold, wet coon seem likes it takes forever to thaw enough to unroll.
I've learned though once in place froze in freezer, if you take more than a few out to re-arrange, you will NEVER get the sme amount back in!
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Post by RdFx on Apr 9, 2011 7:04:20 GMT -6
Amen to rearranging frozen hides in freezer...the voice of experience
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Post by thebeav2 on Apr 9, 2011 8:10:48 GMT -6
A hide laid out FLAT will freeze a lot quicker then one rolled up In ball. And the same goes for thawing.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 9, 2011 8:21:35 GMT -6
agreed- and no need to unthaw before selling.
but at the same time, a dry pelt rolled up, freezes near nuff as fast, and thaws about as quick cause I can about half unroll them just because the fur isn't sticking together. 2-3 hours out in an unheated room (but above freezing), and they are ready to sell
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Post by thebeav2 on Apr 9, 2011 9:12:54 GMT -6
Just can't bring my self to sell anything green. To me It's a losing proposition.
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Post by trappnman on Apr 9, 2011 9:14:51 GMT -6
I think we have been there done that concerning the above......................
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