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Here's what I'm sending. 15rat 4mink 2beaver and 1 coon. Can't wait to see where I need to improve and how I did.

Well, that should get you some more traps.

I like the cut on that coon, looks different than mine. Where'd you square it up from?

assateague wrote:I like the cut on that coon, looks different than mine. Where'd you square it up from?

I just cut from heal to heal and then make 2 cuts from that line to base of tail. This removes the butthole and balls. I used the large nafa dimensions for stretcher. I just followed the directions the best I could off the nafa manual

Maybe it was the stretcher that made the difference, since that's how I do it, but it looks different. Thought you had come up with a new "money cut" I needed to learn Did you use an 8 or 8 1/2? I'm trying to decide what size to make my wood stretchers this summer, and yours looks pretty good.

assateague wrote:Maybe it was the stretcher that made the difference, since that's how I do it, but it looks different. Thought you had come up with a new "money cut" I needed to learn Did you use an 8 or 8 1/2? I'm trying to decide what size to make my wood stretchers this summer, and yours looks pretty good.

I used the western pattern on nafas sight. It is 8 at the base

assateague wrote:Maybe it was the stretcher that made the difference, since that's how I do it, but it looks different. Thought you had come up with a new "money cut" I needed to learn Did you use an 8 or 8 1/2? I'm trying to decide what size to make my wood stretchers this summer, and yours looks pretty good.

I also pleated it. I bunched the fur to the base of the tail. I would take a pic but already turned it in.