In-depth Tanning A Beaver With The Orange Bottle | WILD MAINE

Giving the orange bottle a go tanning a beaver hide. Many people say that the tanning solution doesn't penetrate the skin well on beaver. We have tried it on other hides with great success. How will it do on beaver? Watch and find out!
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[@jdmath]

I think I may have watched every tanning video on KZbin now. This is one of the easiest and best ones to follow for sure. Thanks for posting.

[@steellily273]

Thorough and informative! Thanks

[@steellily273]

So glad to have found this video!

[@steellily273]

Started tanning hides using an already old library book, lots of guess work, a few successes. I used a smooth cypress knee to work while drying. That was long before the internet. I was recently given a frozen beaver tail and find my interest in tanning reignited. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this video. You're very succinct without being short on information. If you ever get to texas look me up, meanwhile I'll be enjoying your channel.

[@Trapper_Al]

Great job my friend. You show great respect for this animal's life.

[@wildmaine4341]

Thank you Al! I try my best to. I do what I do because I love nature and the outdoors. If I am going to take an animal's life for population control, meat, etc.. I am going to use as much of that animal as I possibly can

[@jackherbic6048]

Wow doing it in your kitchen!

[@dimakharitonov9883]

Thank you for the detailed video hard to find

[@reallife2849]

Excellent video 👍🏻

[@sylviesavoie4896]

Great video man

[@wildmaine4341]

Thank you Sylvie!

[@TheRedhawke]

I’ve had very good results using small nails to hold skin to a piece of plywood propped up at a bit of an angle to allow moisture to run off. It stays nice and flat.

[@steveeroh8259]

that was a good video thanks

[@tomcavness]

According to top, professional Brazilian waxers, it's important to have a tan beaver.

[@stevesteve8364]

This appears to have been done in a domestic kitcnen and on the dining table. God bless your mother or wife ! Else you are a bachelor …

[@reallife2849]

When my wife comes home, I’ll have a stack of beaver hides on the table

[@tinksfairyworkshop]

I'm the one that does this in my house, I often have heads or something on the kitchen table or worktop, my bf just laughs at me, he doesn't care

[@randybeeson3424]

Ive preserved alot of pelts. I do several things different but it looks like it worked ok.

[@keen9629]

If you took a 2x4 and cut it so it looks like the letter A along the 3.5 inch side and made it four feet long. Next bury about a foot or two into the ground with the pointy side up you could work the hide over it while it is drying and it will come out soft and pliable.

[@madisonboules9351]

When you defrost do you defrost in the fridge or in room temp? I have a green beaver in the freezer I need to flesh and salt and tan

[@LP-yi6gc]

You’re a brave man doing all this in your kitchen! I am relegated to the garage and shed when dealing with pelts! Great video

[@jackherbic6048]

Have you ever had the pickle cause the hair to slip? My brother had this happen with his deer pelt.

[@bradleycoles8273]

i use a belt sander to thin the pelt, it makes the pelt very soft.

[@madisonboules9351]

Do you do it after tanning?

[@affalada6868]

I have never done this many steps to tan a deer hide and mine are 20 plus yeats old

[@stevesmith1181]

That is NOT a pickle. It’s just salt. You need to add acid to make a pickle solution.

[@stevegerla8894]

At what point do you wash the fur with dish soap?

[@davehendrick5497]

Do you want them fleshed so there is no white fat left on tail?

[@DanielSturge]

I just did a video of me using this stuff for 3 black bears. Only stuff I've used.

[@mariolopez-ri8wd]

very good job takes a lopng time but that is the way ...Could you have use a rebar or a rope or board to strecth

[@wildmaine4341]

Thank you Mario! Yes, you definitely can use any of those to help stretch

[@cha-ka8671]

Hey bud, do you sell your hides? If so, is there a way I can contact you one on one?

[@dyouden]

Your wife must very understanding to let you do it in the kitchen. Mine not so understanding lol

[@lucienhoule5948]

If you make a cut , the middle is still green and you can do nothing with without redo processes

[@flyn84]

How long did the process take after the tanning solution was put on until the hide was finished?

[@wildmaine4341]

It was about 48 hours

[@leonardryan8723]

Maine is known for wild lobsters 🦞 buddy . 😮

[@NovaDexter]

What about ocean water instead of pickling salt water

[@wildmaine4341]

In my opinion, I am going to have to say no as ocean water has iodine naturally occurring in it. That you and the amount of salt in ocean water may not be enough to properly change the structure of the hide. Neat idea on using a natural resource though!

[@qwertyuio905]

You want a ph of 1.5 - 2 you won't get that with just salt water. Cup and half of salt and 3 Oz citric acid per gallon of warm water, let cool, put your hide in. It works very well. Might I add that while red bottle works, there are much better available. Currently using Trubond 1000b and really like the results. Makes breaking much easier.

[@dennisglennn50]

A lot of work for 25 bucks

[@wildmaine4341]

You're not kidding! It is rather satisfying, though. The goal is to make things out of the tanned goods

[@Trapper_Al]

Where do you get $25 bucks from? Fur auction? No need to do anything more than fleshing, boarding and brushing for that. This vid is in prep for crafting where you can make between $100-$150 for hooping or $300-$400+ for gloves, muffs, hats, etc...

[@easyrider8336]

I've seen men go places for the beave where they would never go even with a gun

[@steellily273]

Very satisfying task working with natural products and doing things by hand. Not for lazy people or the money hungry.