Mine is mink and rats first and at about the same level of love!
Second would be otter I love to handle otter fur and I love fleshing the tails.
Third would be skunk and catsI really enjoy both and they look so good finished.
Then fox and coon
Beaver
And way down at the end of the list yotes!
Colt
Beaver and cats, mink and rats. It’s going to have to be a SUPER coyote for me to ever put up again. I’d like skunks if it were just me in the house.
You know honestly when I take off my clothes people can’t smell skunk on me cause I ask.
I’ve got my method down where I’m pretty clean. I had one spray over my shoulder I mean I made 1 step and watched it fly over my right shoulder and went to the nabors for supper that night and nobody new nothing. The whole area was rank in a fine mist of spray.
Colt
I’d have to go with cats and beaver are first. I like doing skunks cause the are a pretty hide when done and for coyotes I don’t mind doing them but I swear some of them stink worst than a skunk.
My favorite would be cats I guess, then beaver and coyote. The very bottom of my list is otter…I hate fleshing them fishy smelling things. Don’t know why, they are not that difficult, just don’t like them
I guess I like putting up coons better than any thing. They skin pretty easy, and the fleshing always goes pretty smooth. I cant say I like it well enough to put a bunch up for free, but I’ll do it for a few bucks. Otter are the most trouble for me, I have a hide thawing now to put on the board tonight. Coyotes are the stinkinest, they are much worse than skunks. I am yet to skin a 'possom, something about them just repels me, I don’t even like to touch one.
Id rather put up 10 possum to 1 yote. Only problem with possums is there so easy to mess up.
Colt
I have respect for anyone that can put up nice possum pelts. They were my main quarry first couple of years I trapped. They have an offensive smell to me now.
Possums do have that bad smell to them and are hard to keep from ripping them when fleshing but the worst smell is when you puncher the gland on a mink makes me gag
I love mink glands to be honest.
Colt
the trick to handling opossums cool them down before fleshing
I used to stretch them fat and all for a few days then take back off and flesh. A hot possum is impossible for me.
I flesh them laying folded fur to fur with a towel underneath. And light pressure!
Colt
I cut sleeves off of a sweat shirt and stretch over my beam.skin them and roll them up fur side out for a bit
