Got my first fox

[Rookie]

Yesterday, I got my first deer and decided to put the gut pile to use. I set up a cheap harbor freight motion detector beside the pile and went to bed. About 1:30 in the morning, I wake up to the alarm going off, fire up the thermal, open my window, and drop it from about 50 yards. My kind of hunting!

 

[GREEN607]

Looks like one clean shot, too.

That hide is worth some $$.....

 

[Expat]

Congrats on the Fox. I opened the thread expecting a hot chick, but....

 

[Sniper 79]

Nice! Don't let that hide go to waste.

 

[jagee]

That's awesome. The gut pile from my doe got me my first coyote, but it was the next morning.

 

[Winamac]

Congrats...whats a prime fox hide bringing now days?

 

[Rookie]

My daughter wants it for my grandson. Where can I get it tanned?

 

[Expat]

My daughter wants it for my grandson. Where can I get it tanned?

I would check with a taxidermist in town.

 

[Rookie]

I did. He doesn't tan hides, he only does full mounts and doesn't know who I should take it to.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I did. He doesn't tan hides, he only does full mounts and doesn't know who I should take it to.

You can try asking fur buyers where they get their hides tanned. Here is a list of legal buyers in IN.
https://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-Fur_Buyer_List.pdf

 

[snapping turtle]

The web is your friend. A tanning cream can be used on thin skinned furs. There is also the brain tanning and the battery acid.
skin and flesh that hide today. Then salt the skin. You will have a good week while the salt works. You can decide on the method you want to go with. Save the brains if you want to brain tan. Acid based (lye or battery acid is normal in the kits. ) each works but skinning and fleshing our is the important.

https://www.braintan.com/articles/furs/miller1.html

 

[Rookie]

Ain't no one got time for that! I have zero patience for something as involved as tanning. So, either my daughter finds someone or I sell it to a fur buyer.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

How much would it cost to have a fox or yote tanned? Just wondering.

 

[halfmileharry]

Yesterday, I got my first deer and decided to put the gut pile to use. I set up a cheap harbor freight motion detector beside the pile and went to bed. About 1:30 in the morning, I wake up to the alarm going off, fire up the thermal, open my window, and drop it from about 50 yards. My kind of hunting!

Congrats on the fox. I can't help you with the tanning on it.
Have you ever called in a fox? I love watching those eyes "Hop" to the call. Some of them even bounce it seems.
They're always fun to catch them sunning on a cold day. They really stand out with the snow as a background.

 

[Rookie]

No, I've never called one in. We've been calling with rabbit in distress and we've only got coyotes to come in.

 

[Rookie]

How much would it cost to have a fox or yote tanned? Just wondering.

I have no idea.

 

[CindyE]

Google or even FB search brings up a few. Maybe this is close enough to you? Tanning Services

 

[Rookie]

How much would it cost to have a fox or yote tanned? Just wondering.

I called the place Cindy found. $95.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

I called the place Cindy found. $95.

It would look good on the edge of a book shelf or fireplace mantle, just slightly hanging over the edge.

 

[GREEN607]

No, I've never called one in. We've been calling with rabbit in distress and we've only got coyotes to come in.

Those work great on 'yotes, don't they!? Back when we hunted in dead winter in Wisconsin, the same call would bring in 2-3 rabbits as well. They try to find and 'silence' the wounded bunny.... by stomping it to death with their rear legs/feet.... in an attempt to keep coyotes from finding all of them. Nature is a strange and wonderful thing.