HOW TO MAKE A WILLOW HOOP FOR A BEAVER HIDE!!

[@TrapperJOutdoors]

I love the one you made me bro

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and all your support brother! I always enjoy seeing yours on your lives!!

[@TheReefRobber]

Very nice! Neat way to display a pelt.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@BoxieOutdoors]

I really like the willow hoop I also saw it done with grape vine. Thanks for sharing this. Have a BLESSED day Brother and keep SARING your PASSION

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

There's many ways to skin a cat or hoop a beaver lol! This is the system I've found to work best for me and hope it helps someone! Thank you for all your support brother!!

[@carterscustomlures675]

Mark that is a GREAT talent and it looked awesome thanks 4 the video!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend I really appreciate ya!!

[@MonicaTiaMoniArts6973]

That was all the hammering I heard upstairs. LOL. LOVE the natural look of the willows. Very cool and awesome display of the hide babe. Love you!❤💋

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you baby! Never know what I'm doing down there lol! Love you too!

[@TheWaterSwatters]

I liked the way you did this, one these days when I find time to build a house I'm gonna fix me up a beaver hid on a hoop I've always like the way they looked.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

That's awesome I hope it works well for you! Thank you so much for watching and supporting my friend!

[@mountainbushcraftersallian8654]

Looks Awesome! Love the way ya make end of the willow to look like beaver chews trade mark! Everyone needs a beaver hide hooped in thier trap shed....commercials! Yes

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks brother! I really enjoy doing them and love the way they turn out! I've been going to make this video for over a year and finally got to it! Really appreciate ya Fam!!

[@mountainbushcraftersallian8654]

@@MarkJLarsonOutdoors Alot of folks needs this kinda how to work smarter not harder vids in thier saved vids

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

@@mountainbushcraftersallian8654 It took a lot of trial and error to get there lol!

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Damn great work man I really enjoyed watching this. Really great work

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you so much brother I'm glad you liked it and really appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!

[@quickresponsefishing]

Very instructional! Awesome job Mark!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks buddy I'm glad you liked it and really appreciate your support my friend!

[@ALs-Outdoors]

I'm glad you posted this Mark. I'm going to try it with that beaver I just caught. I have a willow tree and I tied several limbs back into a curve. Hoping in a few weeks when I cut them they will keep some of the curve.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Glad you liked it brother and hope it helps! I use whole young willows! Good luck and let me know how it turns out for you my friend!

[@tubbyguyoutdoors]

Awesome brother ! Well worth the effort ! Thanks for sharing awesome DIY my friend

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and all of your awesome support brother!

[@mraquaticnews5676]

That's very cool and creative well done Mark!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you buddy! Did you notice my aquarium behind me in the thumbnail? Really appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!

[@mraquaticnews5676]

@@MarkJLarsonOutdoors I have now lol your creation took centre stage 🤙🤙

[@iowamikeoutdoors1804]

Looks good mark, never seen it done like that, nice to see something different, like that it looks natural,

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you brother I really appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!

[@billymccoy10]

WOW! This is amazing..It turned out awesome brother!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you brother!

[@coyotewacker]

Nice job Mark looks Awesome! Good video 👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you buddy I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your support my friend!

[@AnimalPapaStudios]

Like 69! Hi Mark, congratulations 🎊 on getting monetized! I never heard of a willow hoop but that’s awesome! Great tutorial! Keep up the great work my dear friend! Thank you for sharing! Hope you have a great Sunday! Take care and God bless! Animal Papa and Junior! 😎👍🙏

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with everything!!

[@NorthernTrapper]

Looks good Mark. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching buddy!!

[@jeromycooley-outwestadvent5790]

Great job Mark!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you buddy! I really enjoy doing it! I can't wait to see how you do it as well because everyone does it differently!

[@jeromycooley-outwestadvent5790]

You’ve got a cool way for sure

[@Dark30Outdoors]

That's a really cool project. Well done brother!! 👍👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching brother I really appreciate it!!

[@BigChristopher]

Nice job Mark! Happy for ya brother!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you very much brother I really appreciate it my friend!

[@hillbillytrapperwestvirgin2722]

Been trying find good video on this. Thanks brother. Awesome work

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Hope it helps brother! Thank you for watching my friend!

[@MidwesternTrapper]

Man what a beautiful hoop brother great job!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you very much for watching and all your support brother!!

[@RaisedOutdoors]

Looks good buddy!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching buddy!!

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good job Brother! It looks really nice. I've only ever done one of them. Your method looks easier. Thanks for sharing! Take care

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

It took me a while to get a good method and a lot of broken willows but I have a good system now! Glad you liked it and really appreciate your support brother!

[@HarshmanHills]

that is a pretty sweet setup my friend

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting my friend!

[@riwaityzaiqawithfarahiqbal9537]

Amazing job ,. Big thumbs Up Stay blessed

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@StacySalmans]

Very cool. Looks great.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you buddy! I appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!

[@outdoorsinc.8261]

Great video mark !

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you buddy!!

[@FreezerBoundOutdoors]

Looking good buddy... I'll have to bookmark this bad boy for my 1st year of trapping this cing season!!! Great job and info. Buddy!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks buddy I hope it helps you and someone else! Really appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!

[@StevenWhite-s9e]

Nice job. Ive made a few willow hoops myself with a similar technique . Difference is i tie about four loose loops of twine around each willow stick and slide them towards the leverage end of the sticks as im bending them. I just flip the loop over the next nail to hold it until im ready to bend it some more. That takes place of all of that nailing and tearing up your plywood even more. I think its quicker as well. Thanks for the videos. Keep them coming.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

That's a great idea my friend! I will try that! Thank you for watching and supporting!!

[@dave54279]

Good tutorial! Congratulations on monetization! Hammer on!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks buddy I really appreciate all your support!!

[@judithdandavis2206]

this turned out great . nice job on the hoop and process .

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you brother! As many beaver as you're catching there might not be enough willows lol! Really appreciate your support my friend!

[@AnArkansasTrapper]

Thanks for the video. Nice technique. I will be using it before long.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Glad you liked it buddy and hope it helps you;! Really appreciate all your support my friend!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

That’s a great tutorial! I really like the looks of that display. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it buddy! I really appreciate your support my friend!

[@frankhengstler6101]

Looks great brother 👍👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting brother!!

[@AnglingSpiders]

Very interesting process and it looks fantastic Mark. Great job

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@bayoubuckoutdoors]

That's pretty awesome brother!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching brother!!

[@BLUEGRASSTRAPPER]

Looks awesome Mark! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching brother!!

[@skab768]

Beautiful.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you brother!!

[@JohnAmes]

Thanks for the great video my friend 👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@alaskajohn5695]

Wow Mark, Thank You, been wanting to do one for years, appreciate all your knowledge, New Subscriber …

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my new friend! I really appreciate it and hope it helps you!!

[@philipjean1086]

Good job was going to do a few beaver on hoops thanks for the tips

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

You're very welcome my friend I hope it helps you!!

[@ethanw.outdoors]

Been waiting for this one Mark! Can't wait to do it myself!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I hope it works for you buddy! Thanks for watching and supporting my friend!

[@tonylarson1960able]

That's really awesome makes me want to tan my deer hides and that to one of our deer hides that just get thrown out! Great video Mark God bless! Tony n Lee Ann

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching my friends!!

[@jerseyboysoutdoors]

That looks really cool! Awesome job on the hoop!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@VoonChile]

Very cool! I've never seen this done before. Congratulations on your monetization!!!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and all your support Voon I really appreciate it!!

[@RaymondWilliams902]

Thats pretty cool brother thanks for sharing

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching and all of your support my brother!

[@BoneHeadTrapping]

I got two beaver hides frozen. I am going to try the wood stretcher on the first. Will probably try this on the second. Good video, thanks for sharing!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Glad I could help! I think they look so nice! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@Outdooracademe]

Great video Mark. Congrats on being monotized!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you Irene I really appreciate all your help and support my friend!

[@GrantMcIntosh]

Very nice 👍🍻

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching brother!

[@deadpinecollective]

I like that method!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you my friend I really appreciate you watching and supporting!

[@superiorwilderness898]

Awesome video Thanks man

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

@@superiorwilderness898 I'm glad you liked it! Thank you very much for watching and all your support my friend!

[@patrappingandoutdoors2210]

Thanks for sharing mark I might try to make one

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I hope it works for you buddy! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@tomkeltescheverythingoutdo2379]

That will definitely keep you out of trouble. Lol. Looks good.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you so much brother!!

[@alaskalograft]

Good job!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching my friend!

[@StanleyOrchard]

Man, awesome tutorial! I was actually curious about doing this with shark hide!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I think that would be very cool buddy!!

[@CoffeyOutdoors]

That’s pretty cool brother

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching and supporting brother! Glad you liked it!!

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Great video, Mark. Looks like a lot of work, but turned out great.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

It is a lot of work but I enjoy doing it! I really appreciate you watching and supporting my friend!!

[@woodystrapping]

Grate information brother I need to try that😁👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks brother I hope it helps you!!

[@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816]

All my life I have been infatuated with Mountain Men and Longhunters, as a young man I trapped beaver and muskrat and tanned them and put them on hoops, hoop construction was never the same twice as I always made progress with each one! They turned out good, my mother didn’t like them in my room, she said my room looked like the inside of a Indian teepee, success, on my part. I miss my youth!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I hear ya buddy! I think I was born 100 years to late! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816]

@@MarkJLarsonOutdoors In Colorado Seating on a mountain side in late September, with my custom Flintlock JP Beck in .50 cal, on my lap, with a bull tag, the breeze starting to rise up the hill from thermal warming, looking at the flaming Aspen trees in the early morning sunlight, bulls bulging far off in the distance, camp jays following and hounding me, that’s as close being a Mountain Men as I got in the 20th century!

[@SDMountainMan]

Very cool nice work. I have a old beaver my Dad done years ago been trying to figure out what to do with it. What do you have for wood you nail it to plywood?

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

It's just cheap particle board that I got free from work but plywood would work! I hope it helps you and thank you for your support buddy!

[@cofieldcountryoutdoors4567]

I might make one of those next year

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Glad you liked and hope it was helpful buddy!! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@LiveMoreOutdoors]

Thanks for posting this! Nice work Mark. Does your GoPro freeze??

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

You're very welcome my friend sorry I didn't get it out to ya sooner! I have a Hero 7 white that has an internal battery and acted like it wasn't charging? It's working now! Glad you liked the video and really appreciate all your support my friend!

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Very interesting

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for watching buddy!

[@DaveCollierCamping]

@@MarkJLarsonOutdoors my pleasure

[@GeorgiaTrappingandFishing]

Fantastic job Mark! I’ve been wanting to hoop some of mine but I haven’t been able to find any willow trees around here. Thanks for showing us your technique brother! 😊👍👏👏👏🔥

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

There's plenty around here wherever it's wet ground and the farmers want me to take as many as I want lol! Glad you enjoyed the video brother and really appreciate all your support my friend!

[@jamescrevatin2108]

Nice job Mark ... what other kind of saplings or wood can be used if you don't have access to willow ? thanks !

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I've heard of people using grape vine but I've only used willow! Maybe poplar? Thank you for watching my friend!

[@DarrellWellsDifferentStuff]

Cool setup Mark. Do you get many beaver pelts? I have seen all the coyotes you harvested.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I buy the beaver hides from another trapper just for orders but plan on trapping them next season! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@SteveFromWyoming]

So interesting Mark, seems like it is very time consuming work but rewarding. Was wondering, if you soaked the willow branches would it make it more pliable? Great video

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I think it would help but I do them green as soon as I cut them! Thanks for watching and supporting my friend!

[@puttnaroundoutdoors5517]

I have been wanting to do that, gotta find the time to hunt for willow

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

We have them all over here wherever there is a wet spot!! Farmers tell me to take all I want lol! Thanks for watching and supporting buddy I really appreciate it!!

[@puttnaroundoutdoors5517]

@@MarkJLarsonOutdoors too much public land around me (odd thing to complain about) so I sort of want to find some before getting the permit to cut some.

[@ottercat8527]

Nice ! Im fixing to do some myself . I dont have willows , so I think Im gonna try grapevine . Think that will work ?

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I've heard of people using grapevine but never done it myself! Good luck with everything my friend and thank you for your support!

[@fishhunttraprepeat6897]

Cool techniques on that one how much they going for??

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I usually sell them for $100- $150 depending on size! Thank you for watching and supporting my friend!

[@KennethMagee-ff1ml]

Question can I use other wood then willows and how long are your saplings and approximate diameter? Is it better certain times of the year to cut them?

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I only use willows but if you can find anything limber enough and won't crack should be ok! The spring is the best time to get them! Thank you very much for watching and supporting my friend!

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

👍👍👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks for watching and always supporting Cecilia!!

[@Dunlap-uj5zl]

👍

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thanks brother 👍

[@jpetroff8710]

What type of willow do u use

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I'm not sure they grow wild in wet spots so I get the young ones when they are green! Farmers tell me to take them all lol!! Thanks for watching and supporting my friend!

[@mariolopez-ri8wd]

Look s real nice but could you have use dowel made out of the willow i just thought so you didnt have to use metal you know just idea ex video

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I suppose anything is possible but the nails are easier! Thank you for watching and commenting my friend!!

[@After5Outdoors]

Looks like you have done that a time or two!!!!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

A few times Lol! Thanks for watching buddy I really appreciate it!!

[@alabamaoutdoors4468]

Is there a easy way to get the fat layers off ?

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I don't know if any easy ways lol!! Thanks for watching buddy!

[@JR-3030]

Can I ask how much you sell them for?

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Prices are way down I only got $5 a piece but I don't do it for the money! Thanks for watching!

[@JR-3030]

For a finished hooped pelt?? I've seen them for a lot more on etsy

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

@@JR-3030 Sorry I thought you were talking about the coyote hides! The beaver hoops I sell for $150!

[@JR-3030]

Ok that's what I was wondering! Great how to video. I have tanned mine but never done hoops.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

@@JR-3030 Hope it helps buddy!

[@BigChristopher]

109th!

[@bergstrappin]

I've had 9 pieces of steel drilled or plucked out of my eyes over the year's. Be careful with no glasses buddy. 😎

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

I know I usually wear safety glasses but forgot them this time! Thanks for your concern and support my friend!

[@daveostb1890]

Where's your safety glasses?!

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Sorry buddy usually I wear them but got in a hurry trying to film it! Thank you for watching buddy!

[@cttrapperman5555]

Looks great Mark.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you brother! I really appreciate it!