Fox tails.

The Big Fella

After cutting the tail off a fox what do you do? I have a couple I left in the shed starting to lose fur. I usualy freeze them for the vermin count. How can I preserve them without freezing?

Tackleberrywho

The Big Fella wrote: »

After cutting the tail off a fox what do you do? I have a couple I left in the shed starting to lose fur. I usualy freeze them for the vermin count. How can I preserve them without freezing?

Straw out of supermacs and nozzle of a tube of silicone and pour white spirits down it.

moby30

i only ever freeze them. would definitely be interested in another way if possible. some people say skin them but i tried it a few times and they still fell apart eventually. probably did it wrong.

moby30

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Straw out of supermacs and nozzle of a tube of silicone and pour white spirits down it.

thats after skinning it tac i presume?

Tackleberrywho

moby30 wrote: »

thats after skinning it tac i presume?

Paulo posted a video a while back of me skinning a tail with a knife and stick , then I insert a straw, and use a silicone tip as a funnel to pour down white spirit.

I did one last march and it still looks perfect.

Glensman

I was *told* to dip the whole tail in white spirit and put borax (curing agent) inside.

moby30

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Paulo posted a video a while back of me skinning a tail with a knife and stick , then I insert a straw, and use a silicone tip as a funnel to pour down white spirit.

I did one last march and it still looks perfect.

sounds good-do you have a linkto that video?

Tackleberrywho

moby30 wrote: »

sounds good-do you have a linkto that video?

http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx159/poulo69/?action=view&current=c9c377f8.mp4

Paul is quicker at skinning it than I am.
I was trying to hold my6 breath as the smell off that fox was rank :eek:

The Big Fella

Il try skin the tail of my next fox and pour spirits down its tail. Will vodka do?:pac:

cavan shooter

Back when you could get real Cresote, dipping it in same did a great job at preserving them.

Tackleberrywho

The Big Fella wrote: »

Il try skin the tail of my next fox and pour spirits down its tail. Will vodka do?:pac:

Spirits is cheaper

It also kills the smell which can be handy.
I also put salt down the tail to take some of the moisture out before I got the spirits as I had no Spirits at the time.

tfox

Any one that I did skinned it and filled it with salt, job done

ace86

coarse salt will do the same thing in an air tight container

Boiled-egg

How about dipping in a Jays fluid solution. Anyone ever try it??

moby30

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx159/poulo69/?action=view&current=c9c377f8.mp4

Paul is quicker at skinning it than I am.
I was trying to hold my6 breath as the smell off that fox was rank :eek:

great video lads-have yous done any more?
thanks

Tackleberrywho

moby30 wrote: »

great video lads-have yous done any more?
thanks

Paul has, I have tried to do some, byt it's hard to hold camera and work at the same time.

Really want to do a video on how to neck shoot deer, and long range bunnies.

moby30

are any of them on line tackelberry?

Tackleberrywho

moby30 wrote: »

are any of them on line tackelberry?

Youtube, lookup tackleberrywho and you'll see a couple of mine, but Paulo is on my friends list as I can't remember his name there and I'm on the mobile here so I can't search to handy.
Paul has a good few videos