Now, for road kill, I think it turned out pretty good.
Here's a short story on how I acquired the coon
Well, at the moment me and my family are house sitting for a friend. Our friends mom is sick, and the friend had to go to NJ.
Anyways, my sister and her boyfriend came to visit us from four hours away.
After a week, we said our good byes, and watched them drive away toward home.
Well, a couple minutes later, I got a call from my sisters boyfriend.
He informed me that there was a large raccoon that was fairly fresh, and was in good condition, that was on the side of the road. After thanking him multiple times, I talked to my mom, trying to convince her to go for a drive to pick up some road kill.
After a little convincing, she said alright (What a awesome mom) So we grabbed a trash bag, some gloves, and headed out.
We spotted the coon on the road after driving for no more then five minutes. We pulled over, and as I started to get out, my mom said "Make sure its dead!" I chuckled and assured her I would.
I approached the coon, and stood about 5 feet away and started hissing and flailing my arms.
Now, picture, if you can, a 17 year old boy, wearing surgical gloves, hissing and flailing at a dead raccoon in the middle of the road at 1 in the morning. It was a sight to see.
After confirming it was dead, I picked it up, threw it in the bag, and we drove off home.
While skinning it, my mom decided she would watch for a bit. I was repeatedly warned not to cut myself, because she didn't feel like going to the hospital.
While that did get a bit annoying, I did appreciate the company, and the fact that she drove to pick up road kill.
So, after skinning it, (which was a walk in the park compared to a skunk. Which, might I add, are not easy to skin) I dropped it in a tanning solution, and left it there.
After a lot of thought, I decided I would make a quiver. Now, I have no prior experience with sewing, so this was a fairly difficult task.
I couldn't find any info on how to make a coon skin quiver, so I had to wing it.
SO, with no experience with sewing, having no one to answer questions, I made my quiver.
Now, its not the best. Its not the most beautiful. Its by far not the most amazing hand crafted quiver. But having learned everything about skinning and tanning myself, with no help, I think I did a pretty good job
So, I still need to add a wire cage lining to it, but yeah, that's it.
Topic: My hand made Raccoon quiver is DONE! (Read 880 times)
