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Old 10-31-2013, 12:22 PM
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Nomercy448
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Forgot to mention two things:

Get as much air out of the bags before you freeze them, otherwise you'll end up with frost. While I don't worry much about freezer burning my coon hides, the runoff can be a mess when you thaw them out later. I have used 2 methods: 1)roll my raw pelts tight, or 2) lay them out flat/straight, then stick them in the bags and squish as much air out of them as I can, and tie the neck of the bag.

When you thaw them out to sell, you'll fetch a better price if you 're-fluff' the fur and clean it up a bit. Get a 'slicker brush' from any pet store, basically a fine wire toothed rectangular brush, made for brushing out matts on dogs.
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