152 pages

Chapters

Introduction

1. Tools and Equipment
Work Area; Skinning Gambrel; Knives & Sharpeners; Sharpening Techniques; Specialty and Miscellaneous Tools

2. Care, Cleaning, & Preparation

3. Skinning
Opening Cuts; Freeing the Legs and Hips; Freeing the Tail; Removing the Pelt to the Shoulders; Freeing the Front Legs and Feet; Skinning the Head

4. Fleshing
The Pelt; The Fleshing Knife; Fleshing Beam; Diagram for Constructing a Portable Fleshing Beam; Procedures

5. Stretching Pelts
Size; Stretching on Wire; Stretching on Wood

6. Drying, Storing, & Marketing Fur
Drying Fur; Storing Pelts; Marketing Pelts

7. Freezers & Fur

8. Muskrat
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching

9. Raccoon
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching; Dimensions For Raccoon Stretchers

10. Canines
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching; Dimensions For Fox Stretchers; Dimensions For Coyote Stretchers

11. Mink
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching; Dimensions For Mink Stretchers

12. Opossum
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching; Dimensions For Opossum Stretchers

13. Skunk
Skinning; Fleshing; Stretching; Dimensions For Skunk Stretchers

14. Beaver
Skinning; Fleshing; Clean Skinning; Beaver Castor; Stretching

15. Other Animals
Bobcat & Lynx; Otter; Dimensions For Otter Stretchers; Fisher; Dimensions For Fisher Stretchers; Marten, Weasel, & Squirrel; Dimensions For Marten Stretchers; Dimensions For Squirrel Stretchers; Dimensions For Weasel Stretchers; Nutria; Badger

Conclusion