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Originally Posted by
taprock 
Most pest animals' pelts are not worth keeping except during their season. But I didn't need anything to send it in to be tanned. My brother started in high school with trapping and taxidermy. He makes very expensive fur blankets to sell. Last year I hand quilted a beaver pelt blanket for him - huge pain!! but worth the money!
I had never shot anything until I ended up with my hubby. He was military so knows his guns and we have loads of them now. I'm not a big hunter, not enough time, I sit in the blind and think of the thousand things at home waiting for me. I don't however, have any hesitation to kill a predator although fox are so cute I always feel a little bad.
I imagined most pelts aren't all that great, mostly because they come from pest animals. I figured if I got around to learning how to do simple tanning a less than great hide would be a better starting point, so if it gets ruined it won't be that much of a loss.
All of it really comes down to if I ever take up hunting. BF will mention teaching me how to shoot properly, then drag his feet about it and never get around to it. He's not much of a hunter either, so I'd have to find someone to go with. Dad may take up hunting on my grandparent's farm again, so I could probably go with him. If nothing else, BF should at least show me how to shoot so I can deal with pests we've trapped rather than waiting for him to get home and do it.
