Fur Harvest and Pelt Preparation, Circular 490 (1980)

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1980-08

Decade

1980s

Author

Zwank, Phillip J.

Subject (LCSH)

Trapping--New Mexico

Fur-bearing animals--New Mexico

Hides and skins

Subject (NALT)

trapping

furs and pelts

New Mexico

Table of contents

Preface

A brief history of trapping

Trapping today and tomorrow

Wildlife management

Carrying capacity limits populations

Reproduction exceeds carrying capacity

Trapping removes excess stock

The rationale for trapping

Some dividends from trapping

Trap humanely

Values of wildlife

Standards of conduct

Wildlife needs natural environment

Trapping laws

Furbearing animals of New Mexico

Muskrat

Beaver

Raccoon

Nutria

Opossum

Skunks

Bobcat

Ringtail

Foxes

Coyote

Badger

Tips to young trappers

Before you go trapping

Equipment and supplies

Pack basket

Traps

Pan covers

Digging tool

Hatchet

Pliers

Wire

Gloves

Dirt sifter

Kneeling pad

Baits, scents, lures

Stakes and drags

Plastic garbage bags and insecticide

Pelt preparation supplies

Skinning knife

Honing stones

Fleshing beam

Fleshing tools

Fur-drying frames

Trapping land-associated furbearers

Trapping sets

Selecting and preparing sites

Using solid stakes and drags

A word of caution

Trail set

Runway set

Diving set

Obstruction set

Hedge set

Spring-run set

Floating or bank-log set

Crossing-log set

Cubby set

Beaver bait pen

Trench set

Artificial bank hole

Bait sets

Round set

Float set

Slanted-pole set

Mud pies for beavers

Urinating (scent) post set

Dirt-hole sets

Drowning sets

Pelt preparation

Prime times for trapping

Skinning the catch

What to do

Preparing beaver pelts

Preparing coyote, fox, and bobcat pelts

Drying and storing

Grading of pelts

Pelt fur damage

Pelt grades

Marketing

Extent

34 pages

Notes

Circular containing detailed information on trapping in New Mexico, including information on furbearing animals in New Mexico, necessary equipment, methods of trapping, and pelt preparation

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000490-1980.pdf