When not deer hunting..

[skyhightree1]

I missed a nice sized cat.. The .17hmr found its mark at 130 yds or so with the light Hook and I have

 

[shaneb]

Sweet. Get em all there sky

 

[skyhightree1]

Sweet. Get em all there sky

I will certainly try. When I first started predator hunting they were everywhere but now they are not.

 

[TN Cattle Man]

Sky,
What do you do with the fox's? Do you sell the furs?

 

[skyhightree1]

Sky,
What do you do with the fox's? Do you sell the furs?

I use to sell them to an old man that dealt in fur but he doesnt fool with it anymore so I am going to try to freeze what I can and give to trappersteve if I have room in my freezer. Trappersteve is trying to get me to sell fur but I am not really set up to process the furs but I may try to tan a fur or 2 this year. I generally probably kill about 30 foxes and 10 yotes and a few cats and a good 40-50 coons I am not sure how much I could get off those hydes but im sure I could get my money back that I spent in gas and bullets. They used to pay 75 bucks for each coyote you killed here and when that was going on I made many a house payments by way of coyote :lol2:

 

[trappersteve]

Hey sky if you need to skin them call me and I'll tell ya how to skin them

 

[skyhightree1]

Hey sky if you need to skin them call me and I'll tell ya how to skin them

I will be calling you probably lol

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Skin him and wear it inside out for under ware.

 

[skyhightree1]

Skin him and wear it inside out for under ware.

If i do that guess i need to make sure no fleas on him lol

 

[TexasBred]

Skin him and wear it inside out for under ware.

have you seen this dude?? It would take a small bear to make him a pair of drawers. :nod: :mrgreen:

 

[skyhightree1]

Skin him and wear it inside out for under ware.

have you seen this dude?? It would take a small bear to make him a pair of drawers. :nod: :mrgreen:

:lol2: :lol2:

 

[Dave]

Skin him and wear it inside out for under ware.

Then he would be telling his wife how foxy he is.

 

[skyhightree1]

BTW If you intend on using the pelt ... DO NOT ... I REPEAT... DO NOT shoot a fox with a .270

 

[Hook]

i skinned a fox out a few years back. Very very thin skinned. Bobcats too. I messed them up and haven't gotten a chance to try again.

 

[skyhightree1]

i skinned a fox out a few years back. Very very thin skinned. Bobcats too. I messed them up and haven't gotten a chance to try again.

Yea.. I will be trying it out to see what happens the cats are really thin skinned according to my taxidermist .

 

[Commercialfarmer]

I wonder if you could blow the hide off of them with an air compressor like you can deer? At least loosen it up a little?

 

[skyhightree1]

I wonder if you could blow the hide off of them with an air compressor like you can deer? At least loosen it up a little?

may be worth a try

 

[skyhightree1]

Rabbit hunting is great as well to fill your time

 

[Caustic Burno]

I have read this thread several times.
Being an avid outdoors man I can not comprehend the killing of an animal just to kill it.
If I am not going to eat it and it is not destroying my stuff, it has a right to live IMO.
I have dispatched many varmints for getting into the Mrs. Banny chicken's.
I was raised you didn't kill any animal unless it was for food or it was destroying livestock .
Those that didn't I have a live and let live policy.

 

[highgrit]

I was taught the same way CB. But I can remember my Pop shooting hawks every chance he had. And he'd set a live trap for bobcat and coon, using a live chicken for bait. In the fall of the year he'd also release 40 wild turkeys on the ranch. So I feel that's why he shot and trapped varmints. Myself I don't want anything that eats meat or fish on my land.