Borax on Coon

[Tim Rose]

Got some coon in from a neibour early last week.

The coon were covered head to toe in borax....
They all needed re-scraped from the neck till about half way down.

Worked on them coon this weekend cussing the whole time...

First blew off as much borax as I could with the air compress (should have worn saftey glasses).....then spend an hr re-scaping them. That was a big wate of time for a few....then blow away all the left over borax again, and again, again.....

Go in the house and I am like a walking shifter of borax....its all over my hands, clothes, hair, boots, etc.....

I said to myself... NEVER again will I ever work on a coon that has had a borax overload.....it just ain't worth it and still today them coon are still a borax mess.....

My question, does the auction house see many coon like this and what are the thoughts about it? LOADED BORAX

[doyleflory]

Tim try tumbling them in cob grit.

[gibb]

We do not recommend borax on fur out skins. Like anything else in the world a little can go a long ways. Borax does not needed to be used on coon. The trapper needs to learn how to scrap his fur properly.
Cheers Jim

[furbuy46]

I bought about 150 coon from a fella that had put borax on the coons in a very very small amt in just a few hides. The dang stuff is on just about every coon he had . They all have a gritty feeling to them.

[bobwendt]

not borax, but I thought too cool. a guy calls me yesterday, all excited. he shot a coyote and tells me he will bring it out and sell it too me ( on carcase). I says no you won`t, it`s not worth anything. he was amazed, said he heard big bucks! I won`t say how much he said he heard they were worth, lol, don`t want anyone get hurt falling off the chair. I don`t think he believed me so I`m sure he called around A BUNCH OF BUYERS BEFORE HE FINALLY ACCEPTED REALITY.

[furbuy46]

Bob I get those kind of calls several times a week. Not just on yotes , but everything. The one I liked best was the call from a fella about a week after season went out. He was all excited and said he heard coon was bringing big bucks. Said he just got a new walker dog and was going to start knockintg coons out of the trees the night he called.
I hated to do it, but I had to bust his bubble.