Best teaching method

[tryinhard]

So I discovered a guy at work that traps & wants to learn how to put up his own fur. What's the best way to teach him?

[bverboy]

trapper 660 demos and ride alongs

[trkyslyr]

Get him out and show him... works best for most folks...

[tjm]

Introduce him to Marc and he can scrape all those green coons Marc is going to be paid to take in. (according to trky)

He already traps and just wants to learn put up? Have him come watch and talk while you put yours up and have him bring his stuff to your place and him do the work under your watch.
Resources:
www.nafa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/NAFA_PeltHandlingManual-E-web.pdf

www.furharvesters.com/pdf/pelthandling.pdf

good pics in this thread; www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5357848/Put_up_fur,_for_reference

www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/TEM_Chapt_17_206599_7.pdf

Raw Fur Handling by Keith Winkler and Fur Handling 2000 by Hal Sullivan

[jiml]

Give him a knife and watch him sweat.  Thats probably the only way he'll learn.  Point out the flaws and give your pointers.  My 15 year old son thought fleshing coon was easy, then I gave him the knife and let him go to work.  He's never wanted to flesh another coon.

[tjm]

Aug 7, 2016 11:48:05 GMT -6 jiml said:

Give him a knife and watch him sweat.  Thats probably the only way he'll learn.  Point out the flaws and give your pointers.  My 15 year old son thought fleshing coon was easy, then I gave him the knife and let him go to work.  He's never wanted to flesh another coon.

Is that the desired result?

[tenman]

Bring him to trappers weekend I'll give him hands on.

[tryinhard]

Aug 7, 2016 15:09:21 GMT -6 tenman said:

Bring him to trappers weekend I'll give him hands on.

What are you doing this year?

[tenman]

We have a coon lined up. Do you have something in the freezer you want done?

[krank]

Sad to say.....school of hard knocks......Sell some fur and get dinged for mistakes and don't make them next time. Actually, that old Bud Keller was good at telling folks all the do's and don'ts........We lost a lot when he passed

I used to watch the local buyer put up fur. Mostly interested in how he skinned. I started out trying to board up fur and would up just freezing it until a few years ago and started back up.

[jiml]

Aug 7, 2016 12:03:05 GMT -6 tjm said:

Aug 7, 2016 11:48:05 GMT -6 jiml said:

Give him a knife and watch him sweat.  Thats probably the only way he'll learn.  Point out the flaws and give your pointers.  My 15 year old son thought fleshing coon was easy, then I gave him the knife and let him go to work.  He's never wanted to flesh another coon.

Is that the desired result?

[jiml]

Wasn't what I was hoping for but his generation has so far proven to me that they are allergic to sweat.  I'm a 40 year old concrete laborer that works 20 year old kids into the dirt.  They just don't want to work for something unless its on a cell phone or can be done by pushing buttons.  He went to the rondy with me in 2014 and loved it, he just doesn't enjoy how tough it can be fleshing.

[krank]

I agree but no sense in giving a kid a dull knife and a tough coon. There are ways to work smart.

[Lucky&Bugs]

(I am Being serious) have him skin, flesh, and board up 20 grinners......or how many it takes to not rip them full of holes.....as soon as he can he is ready to move to coons.

[ozarkmountainman]

Some good points. We still do some clinics, for free. The Trappers School is $10 a day and you get fed. The teaching is all available, hands-on, live.

Dale

[trkyslyr]

sarcasm Trevis, sarcasm

[krank]

Aug 5, 2016 12:37:01 GMT -6 trkyslyr said:

Get him out and show him... works best for most folks...

That's about right. Show him and if he wants to keep going then keep going. I grow weary of people demanding I teach them in their way and timeframe. Better pay attention as I don't chew my cabbage twice.