DIY Processing Black Bear Fur For Personal Use. Start to Finish. (Make your own hides).

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00:00 Fleshing Out The Hide
1:50 Trimming & Salting
4:18 White Pine Trapping Supplies GIVE AWAY
5:28 Salt Bath
9:21 Rinsing
10:03 First Thinning (Wire Wheel Method)
11:50 Washing
13:26 Applying Tanning Solution
15:02 Drying & Working The Fur Hide
17:49 Second Thinning & Completion
20:22 De-scenting The Finished Product Bonus Footage
This one took a while and was filmed pre and post move. BUT! I am back!.....finally!
In this video I take you along as I process a raw bear skin into a fully tanned hide for personal use. I will show you my preferred easy and cheap methods start to finish. I am not a professional by any means but I have also provided links below with some of my favorite channels that I use to help reference or learn from when doing trapping and anything to do with fur. I hope you enjoy the video and can try yourself to tan your own hide from your next hunt. Thank you for viewing.
How to fleash video by Coon creek outdoors - Coon creek outdoors - • Professional Fur Handl...
My list:
Fur related and trapping channels:
Mark J Larson - / markjlarsonoutdoors
Als Outdoors - / alscalls
Trapper J - / trapperjoutdoors
Judith and Dan Davis - kzfaq.info?searc...
backwoodsbarbarian709@gmail.com
White Pine Trapping Supplies - Facebook Page (under construction) - profile.php?...
Tanning solution I used - www.amazon.ca/Hunters-Trapper...

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@violetsturge425 Жыл бұрын

Great job...can't wait to see the completely finished products....they are beautiful

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AnglingSpiders Жыл бұрын

Quite the process, thanks for sharing. Looks fantastic at the end.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. It's good to be back

@tinaladybug8392 Жыл бұрын

Those are beautiful and great job! Thanks for sharing

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TheFieldGuide1 Жыл бұрын

Great demo and saved! I hope to have time for this at some point. Looking forward to the next video. Thanks for the link, that's a real nice gaw.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thank you Irene!

@NLGhostWolf Жыл бұрын

Good to see you back at it

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother

@westernsoutherner1 3 ай бұрын

This is really helpful thank you- I am headed out this spring and had grand visions of a bear skin rug, but after some thought I decided to start with just tanning a hide. I like your notes on thinning the hide with a wheel/belt sander that had not occurred to me.

@DanielSturge 3 ай бұрын

If you are settled on making it a rug or wall piece you don't have to do the stretching part. It will just be very stuff which is good for a rug. I have 3 more currently defrosting and I'll be doing an updated video o this process in the next couple week. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I appreciate it!

@tubbyguyoutdoors Жыл бұрын

Awesome job brother ! Thanks for sharing the process ! They look awesome

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro.

@psychicamandamarie 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining in a easy way for me to understand! I messed up one of the furs I tried doing so I will try this process

@DanielSturge 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting

@beantownbushcraft Жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING Sturge, So Neat, Makes me want to go Zap 1, That angle grinder is great, I use a flap disk, Can't beat the Orange Tanning stuff👌🏻Glad those 2 are going to Good homes🤘🏻💥🥩🐻 😎🛡️⚒️👌🏻☘️

@MrHippiejoe 2 ай бұрын

Perfect, absolute perfection!

@DanielSturge 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Got a newer updated video coming out in a couple weeks. Currently doing 3 more hides. Tomorrow I have a video on making a fleshing beam.

@webbeavenson8148 10 ай бұрын

Nice video! Good tempo and explanations. I like your humble heart too man

@DanielSturge 10 ай бұрын

Wow! I don't get kind words as such like that very often doing this field of stuff, especially in youtube. Thank you! Honestly made my day!

@After5Outdoors Жыл бұрын

Nice explanation, demonstration and production sir. Its a skill I need to learn.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

@hcso2445 Жыл бұрын

Very good instructions sir!!

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

@munchyghecho1329 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to give this a try.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Do it!

@SavageAlaskan1 10 ай бұрын

Great job

@DanielSturge 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kullcraven Жыл бұрын

Awesome buddy, well done and nice hides. ATB.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother. I still need you to send me the cost to for a new one of your cards and the shipping to here. The movers lost it and I can't find it

@abdalrhman11111 7 ай бұрын

Good job love it ❤

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that. Later this spring I'll be doing another video using similar techniques but different tools maybe. I have 3 more bears hides to do.

@mikehobbs7421 9 ай бұрын

Good work man! It definitely is a process! Iv done a few of my own coyote pelts and I did them very similar, very diy for sure and for my own personal use so the little imperfections don’t bother me so much. Cheers from Canada eh 🍻🇨🇦🤘🏻

@DanielSturge 9 ай бұрын

You are very right! I am not good enough for it to be anything but for personal use. Also. Hello fellow Canadian! This was filmed when I lived in NB. I'm in Labrador now! I'm from Newfoundland.

@MarkJLarsonOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Loved it brother you are doing a great job!!

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

I linked your channel in the description along with a few others as you are far more experienced at anything like this.

@MarkJLarsonOutdoors Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSturge Thank you my friend!!

@RaymondWilliams902 Жыл бұрын

Its a long process but when all the work is put in you have a few pieces that will last plus the memories

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

True!

@WildMan307Outdoors Жыл бұрын

Cool video 👍

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

@MySide Жыл бұрын

Looks like your making out right good in Labrador man! Nice to see a new vid!

@MySide Жыл бұрын

Wait was this filmed in NB or Lab?

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Both haha.

@MySide Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSturge lol

@devinskipton24 3 ай бұрын

Scrolling thru, decided to watch, then noticed Jason’s tank top! Nice hides pal!

@DanielSturge 3 ай бұрын

Thanks bro! Yeah I got a few things done by him and his crew. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment

@ronaldlamb5017 Жыл бұрын

Looks great good job bud I’ve made hats out of bears even if leather is a bit stiff my heavy fur machine sees it no problem

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome. I'm still very much an amateur. But it's enough for my wife to turn into mitts and stuff. Besides from just using them as floor rugs, foot warmers on beds or hanging on the wall the the only real thing I've done is made a quiver and a tab for my bow

@SWCFLORIDA Жыл бұрын

I see a new pair of Bear Briefs in your future

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

I can grow my own

@ALs-Outdoors Жыл бұрын

Great job Daniel! Hard on the fingers the more ya do it. I just use 50lb bags of stock salt (mix & fine). And make my tanning solution from egg yolks...Murphy's oil soap and warm water. But I basically do the same process. I do use some alum salt in my pickle... helps a little.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

That's why I tagged you and others in the description

@ALs-Outdoors Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSturge thank ya brother I appreciate that.

@jeffjackson5331 Жыл бұрын

Cool

@judithdandavis2206 Жыл бұрын

cool diy project . looks like a ton of work with a fleshing knife .

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

I tagged you guys in the description

@judithdandavis2206 Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSturge thank you for that .

@langdonoutdoors7859 Жыл бұрын

Nice work! Last year was my first bear harvested. I decided to send to a taxidermist to have a rug done because I didn’t want to screw it up. I think I may give your method a try next time though! Definitely lots of work goes into it!

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Nice! Its time consuming but not very difficult. You should give it a shot.

@motocrossadict1 3 ай бұрын

Looking to get my first bear this spring too. I might try the taxidermist if I end up getting one just for the first but in the future when I have more time to prep I’d like to use this method these look great 👍🏼

@DanielSturge 3 ай бұрын

They turned out great for rugs. I have 3 more in the freezer I will start in a couple weeks

@ArticAkita2830 Жыл бұрын

All tanners have their unique tricks to reach the goal of good tanning in hides, my friend in Fairbanks Alaska finds power sanders wery useful on dry bear skins when she tans them out. I have a full black bear skin in the freezer my boyfriends son got in october a medium sized bear (meh size to him) so he gave the skin & skull to tan I used to tan rabbit skins, not so good with bovine calf skins they tanned but stiffish did not know about using a grinder with steel bristles back then being a teenager back then.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

On yeah so many different ways to fleshing. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@tomkeltescheverythingoutdo2379 Жыл бұрын

I did a squirrel pelt with using the brains for tanning. It worked at first, but all the fell out.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Too bad. I got a few squirrel pelts now I got to do also

@tigremignon22 Жыл бұрын

Hello! Nice video! I was just wondering how long you let them dry after you washed it (before oiling)? Thank you!

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Depends on humidity , but it's not dripping or wet. Just before the point where a cap starts to form. Should be soft and easily pliable. If it's s little dry thats OK because the oil will soften it.

@blakemorris1362 6 ай бұрын

What’s the brine made out of? Looking forward to the next black bear season

@DanielSturge 6 ай бұрын

Salt. it's a salt brine.

@webbeavenson8148 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I watched a bunch and decided to give yours a shot… and it worked great. …kinda smelly still. Any suggestions on what to use to make it smell good enough to bring in the house?

@DanielSturge 9 ай бұрын

I made a decent spray using 1 bottle of 3% peroxide to the same amount of water with a table spoon of baking soda and a drip or 2 of dish soap. It's a de-scent spray. Also you can help by smoking it a few hours over a "cold" fire with wet Applewood or cedar. That helps. I'm glad I you enjoyed the video!

@webbeavenson8148 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I bet that will work great

@Mcslap13 9 ай бұрын

@BackwoodsBarbarian and you spray it after the full process?

@DanielSturge 9 ай бұрын

Yeah once completely done and I used my home made de-scent spray getting the skin and fur sides nice a damp and rubbing it in with my hand then letting it air dry. smoking it a bit over a cold smoke also helps.

@DanielSturge 9 ай бұрын

It's an old video and I hate it but here it is on the spray. FYI. It will slowly build up pressure so leave the cap loose after use on your spay bottle. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pq-JiLqq2tKXkY0.htmlsi=N6g01nI2EV1ed_dj

@Dunlap-uj5zl Жыл бұрын

👍

@prawnstar9213 6 ай бұрын

Do you put them in a plastic bin after salting and into the fridge or do you hang them in the fridge?

@DanielSturge 6 ай бұрын

No just salt them. Does not have to be in a fridge. Just a cool place. I left them in my shed on the floor. You could use the bin or the fridge. A cool place is all you need just to keep flies off it

@pierocaramelli1493 Жыл бұрын

Do any of you guys know the tensile strenght and density of Bear leather? cant find it anywhere on the net, I need this info for a tabletop game Im making

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

I have no idea. I guess like any material it depends on the thickness. The belly is substantially thinner and easier to tear than the rump or back. But i have no idea.

@growmybusinessquickwithjoh9922 11 ай бұрын

Can you tan hides that's been in an UNPLUGGED freezer for over 6 months?

@DanielSturge 11 ай бұрын

Ohhhh goodness

@tomritter493 Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend . Borax works good toooh ya that hide lube it good whisper to it lol sorry had too

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro Good to know!

@malarie11 8 ай бұрын

I'm guessing its a tough job to do with an automn bear. its cold up here in canada these days

@DanielSturge 8 ай бұрын

Tell me about it. I got 3 capes in the freezer and it's -14 here in Labrador tonight. A heated shed or garage is the only way to do it this time of year

@ivyalex4250 7 ай бұрын

have you ever kept the paws of the bear on? if so how do you preserve them with the hide?

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

No I haven't. But I have 4 bears I got this fall I'm going to try and do with the paws this spring

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

But from whatbI know it's the same process. Just maybe different times for salting and how long the solution is kept on. There is a process to how you flesh paws on youtube. Few good videos. Fleshing them properly is probably the most important point

@mackenziehaines1976 Ай бұрын

I just did my bear. I tubed out the pad area and tubed out all of the fingers to the last knuckle and then popped those joints apart with my knife. Its supposed to lock the clawe in that way.

@richardreeves3596 9 ай бұрын

I noticed the NB license plate hang up. Are you from NB and if so, where. I live in Nackawic and am an ad vide bear hunter. Do you have a Facebook page?

@DanielSturge 9 ай бұрын

I got off Facebook a while back. But no I am from Newfoundland and currently in Labrador. I was living and working in NB. Moved last year.

@ruffoutdoors8987 Жыл бұрын

krow tann, easiest and cheapest tanning method out there....period..

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Instructions and times on it seems identical as this indian tan. What about it is better?

@ruffoutdoors8987 Жыл бұрын

@@DanielSturge, i've used the stuff you did and it flat out stinks and stays that way forever i can smell that stuff still just seeing that orange bottle. krowtann, after you have it rough fleshed, you mix the salt, water, and tan solution in a bucket then throw the hide in it for generally 3-4 days, then pull it out, rinse off with water, then neutralize for 10-15 mins in a water/baking soda mix, then wash in liquid tide and it's tanned, can finish fleshing or whatever and your mounts smell like liquid tide. Krow does have a strong odor when it's in the tann but once you neutralize it, it doesn't stink. Most good tanning methods require checking a ph while it tans and krowtann does not, one main reason a ton of taxi's use it across the country. I've used on whitetail, bear, antelope, bobcat, and fox and yet to have the hair slip on anything. IMO you just can't beat it for the price and beginner easy. Also no rubbing the tan on like orange bottle, just my .02

@reggiewhite8381 7 ай бұрын

how long to pickle ?

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

12 hrs minimum. Some people leave it for a few days

@reggiewhite8381 7 ай бұрын

thanks@@DanielSturge

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

Keep in mind its not a true pickle. It's a salt brine. I'm not a professional so do a bit extra research to be sure. I left it in I believe for about 15 hrs and it was fine. Actual PH balanced pickling solution they have to stay in for over 72 Hrs. Best of luck!

@nightwolfthenightwolf7912 8 ай бұрын

Bro got out of his way to hunt a black bear

@boomchaka1419 5 ай бұрын

Bro went out of his way to grow plants and harvest them. Like what

@boomchaka1419 5 ай бұрын

My guy define his way lol. How can one be out of it if you don't even understand what it mean to be in it

@user-gr3rp9go6d 7 ай бұрын

You've already dried the hide.... what about a feshi

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

No I did these in the video. They are just taken from the freezer

@user-gr3rp9go6d 7 ай бұрын

@BackwoodsBarbarian hey! Sorry if I came off wrong. I work at a custom butcher shop snd do Euro mounts... I'm getting into tanning. I got 2 frozen bear hides and a fox. I'm not looking to steal secrets just thinking. I'm just asking I froze before I scraped maybe a mistake? My fault if I was rude. It's the internet again my fault. Much respect

@user-gr3rp9go6d 7 ай бұрын

You scrape before freezing?

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

@user-gr3rp9go6d I never assumed you were rude, no worries. I normally just freeze the hide after taking the hide off the animals. I only flesh it out once I'm ready to tan. I fleshed it and salt it the same day.

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

And I don't have any secrets. Lol I'm no professional, just good enough to do my own stuff and make my own rugs. Everything I know is in the video. Take care

@midnitewaterchief 7 ай бұрын

@tro4404 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you can skin a toupee to wear.

@DanielSturge Жыл бұрын

Lol good one. Not a bad idea tho

@stephenacarlson Жыл бұрын

Backwoods barbarian

@user-gr3rp9go6d 7 ай бұрын

Wtf all these ads

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

You'll have to ask youtube. Besides the one for the giveaway in video I did, the rest is KZfaq placing them. I have nothing to do with it

@user-gr3rp9go6d 7 ай бұрын

@BackwoodsBarbarian yeh they really are adding them to all videos hopefully you get a cut but I doubt it. Wild. We are run by AI companies

@hunterbueckert7231 7 ай бұрын

That's a shit product I've 😅that tan before and it's 10000000 percent crap, true bond is 5000000 percent better and you get soft perfect hides after as well

@DanielSturge 7 ай бұрын

I dunno. I've had good experience with it and have used it from bear to raccoon to hare. I've had no issues. Not saying true bond isn't better, just saying I had no issues with this stuff.

@pachamulak_ 8 ай бұрын

Is hunting bears legal in your country 👀

@DanielSturge 8 ай бұрын

Yes of course. I live in Labrador now and we can even trap them. I have several recent videos on the channel of me trapping bears to turn into food and fur

@pachamulak_ 8 ай бұрын

@@DanielSturge nice bro👀. Im living in india here animal life is more valuable than human life 😂. If we touch one the rest of your life is behind iron bars 😂

@DanielSturge 8 ай бұрын

Why is that? What's their reasoning? Here it's a way of life for many. If you don't hunt you don't eat and the rest of your life will be very short. Haha

@pachamulak_ 8 ай бұрын

@@DanielSturge here according to the law every native wild animal is considered as endangered species. It is because of poachers and black market. They'll hunt these animals out of limit . that might lead to their extinction

@DanielSturge 8 ай бұрын

That's horrible. You'll have to move to Canada and hunt here. Lol

@teresarodriguez821 Ай бұрын

Black bear hide tanning is illegal in the state of California, our state flag is the American Black Bear

@DanielSturge Ай бұрын

It's illigal because of your fur bans because of all the liberals and vegans who dont understand anything about what they protest. On your flag it's a grizzley. Your state use to be full of them until they were eradicated in 1922. they are the same genetic variation as the ones in BC