beaver pelt legality

[zoli 16ga.]

if I'm looking for a prime beaver pelt, Feb or Jan I would suspect, and someone here tans it etc, so it's nice And supple to have on the back of the couch, is that something a trapper could do and sell it to me? prices on the market seem crap, so if rather pay up and buy direct. legal?

[vom Dufenshmirtz]

tanned pelts are legal to own, however trappers don't tan pelts, esp beaver, it's very thick and needs to be shaved by a machine. Just buy it online.

[Muskyhunter]

You can buy them from the Trans Canada Trap Supply here in North Bay.

https://furharvesters.com/trapsproducts.html

[Fox]

tanned pelts are legal to own, however trappers don't tan pelts, esp beaver, it's very thick and needs to be shaved by a machine. Just buy it online.

I talked to a few of the local trappers, it seems as though nobody around me traps for fur but rather for nuisance, they get paid more when the beavers are destroying things than keeping the population down so they don't. I did bring up trapping and tanning, in the case of something that may actually put some extra money in the winter into my shooting/hunting budget and they told me all you need to do is pay the royalties on the fur and you can legally tan your own and sell them.

I know that you need to scrape them but why would a beaver require a machine to scrape, they never had machines back in the day to do it. I suspect a trapper tanned hide would cost you more though than a factory tanned hide.

[fratri]

I have done a few home beaver tans (preserves anyway)... Nothing fancy, they came out okay but I had one given to me done by a tannery, and it is great, way softer and better than mine. The one I did hangs on the wall, the really soft feeling one can be used on the couch.
No special tools were used with mine (just a scraping knife) I just didn't play around (work the hide) enough. It can be done, just a lot of work.

[zoli 16ga.]

thanks for the info fellas.

[trappermatt]

Beaver leather is shaved with a machine during the tanning process to achieve the soft supple garmet tan

[greatwhite]

Are you even trapping this year with prices so low?

I have done a few home beaver tans (preserves anyway)... Nothing fancy, they came out okay but I had one given to me done by a tannery, and it is great, way softer and better than mine. The one I did hangs on the wall, the really soft feeling one can be used on the couch.
No special tools were used with mine (just a scraping knife) I just didn't play around (work the hide) enough. It can be done, just a lot of work.

[fratri]

Are you even trapping this year with prices so low?

I just go out for nuisance control....