I mentioned before that Chad’s been trapping beavers. Here’s a screen shot of a text Nicole and I were having the other day.
I still find it hard to believe that Chad found a girlfriend who will go hunting, fishing and trapping with him. Too bad his mom isn’t as accommodating. I don’t see me making a beaver blanket! I think I’m off the hook though because when he called Thursday, he had a new plan . . he’s going to make me a beaver skin wall hanging of some type. Better him making something for me than me trying to make a beaver blanket for them, right?
Julianne says
Well I guess a dead animal skin hanging on the wall might just be the perfect thing for Texas..LOL You will be right in style. LOL
Roberta says
You can get tanning kits, might be something they want to consider. They can freeze the hides until ready for processing. It’s LOTS of work but the end result is nice.
Hugs!!!!
marion usborne says
I agree, a beaver skin hanging on your wall would complete your Texas home. There is no going back, go for it.
Karen says
I can’t even imagine trying to make a blanket out of beaver hide. I agree with the others – you’ll have a real Texas look with it hanging on your wall.
Diana in TX says
ACtually, Speck may think a beaver rug for him would be wonderful!
tammy says
in this case better to receive than to give…. hahaha i think it’s really cool that chad and nicole share this interest. and a beaver pelt on your wall would be neat, i guess.
Lee Ann L. says
I had the shudders. Ugh! A wall hanging is better than a blanket. 🙂
SarahB says
HA! I married a hunter with absolutely NO previous experience with hunters… think, “city meets country hick!” and that’s what we have. But fast forward 5 years and now I am a big advocate. However, I am NOT a hunter myself although I did take the safety course, and all my children are required to as soon as they can read. I think it’s wonderful that Nicole can embrace it now because if they ever get married hunting is not something Chad will stop. Not that I thought my husband would give it up but it was a bone of contention for the first couple years. Now, I embrace his passion even if I don’t share the thrill of the hunt…
I think a beaver wallhanging would be awesome! Not so sure about the blanket since I think the fur will shed over time.
Patty says
That was a interesting request. I’m not sure how you would go about it but I’m sure you could do some research. I’m glad for you Chad changed his mind. I’m sure the beaver wall hanging will look good hanging on you wall. You were going for the rustic look weren’t you?
Vicki W says
If he does make you something you can hang it in the guest room for when he visits! YEARS ago by uncle had a home with very modern furnishings. One item was a HUGE monkey rug hanging on the wall. Hopefully we don’t allow importation of those anymore…for the sake of the monkey and the people who have to look at the rugs. It was awful!
HeideW says
The perfect place for that would be to hang it up in the garage!
Donna in KS says
Even in TX, for me the beaver pelt would become part of the porch decor! My husband is a fisherman. We have five mounts hanging, lower level of our living room. (two of them garnered an article on him in Field and Stream years back) We had a young woman from our church say she could not come to our home again and have those fish staring at her!! When we move from this house, those fish are losing such a prominent place of display! I do enjoy fishing too and eating the catch as well.
Marlene says
I’m thinking that a beaver blanket would be really, really heavy! blessings, marlene
Regina says
lol – we have a beaver blanket – my hubby collects beaver themed items (it’s a Boy Scout thing) and one year I bought a roll of imitation fur and some brown flannel and stitched them together to make a blanket for him in the shape of a giant beaver tail – straight on one side, and then curved all around. It is HUGE (Hubby is over 6 feet) and heavy… and I never never never want to work with fake fur again!!!! But it’s fun!
Mel Meister says
Okkaaay… LOL!
vickie van dyken says
LOL…if it is tanned the fir doesn’t fall out. I used to have a bear rug and lots of other trophies. They went (even though I shot the bear) with the ex……Salt preserves the hides as well as freezing. I hope he brings you a nice pelt for wherever you put it!! You might even like it??? I miss hunting but now I am married to a trucker, so that is all he does, truck and ride the Harley..he does take me to quilty things though…and I have driven in all 50 states…..it’s funny what we do for our guys!! When I was in college I sure didn’t think I would become a trucker!! LOL LOL Welcome to what life throws at ya!!!
Cheryl says
I’m with you…I’ll leave the stitching of animal pelts to the hunters! Besides, if I recall correctly, beaver pelts are supper soft. I would much prefer to be on the receiving end of that project than the working end. 🙂
ida lively says
Oh, Judy!
I have to say that I am a Beaver (and a good o’l Beaver, too) — in Boy Scouts. I saw the beaver pic, and nearly cried. I was hoping that this would be a ‘beaver fabric’ quilt. I was going to make some recommendations — I have a few yards of fabric. 🙂
As for a pelt somewhere in your house. I have to share an experience I had yesterday in an antique shop near Salamanca, NY. I entered the two-story mall and went to the left. About the same time, there was a group that entered and went right.
As I was completing my circuit (had to go upstairs to see the quilts hanging on the banister!!), and was coming down the stairs, the other group comes around the corner, and there is this SCREAM! I lean over the stair-rail to see the issue, and there stands a panicked Canadian — holding her chest and giving the evil eye to a stuffed 10-point white-tailed buck! She said that she never expected to see ‘THAT’ … and wondered why people would stuff it, and who would BUY it. I’m guessing that she missed the eight sets of deer antlers, and the boar’s head in the centre of the store, otherwise she might have been a bit more prepared to see other examples of taxidermy.
If the pelt is your ‘thing’ … go for it. Just be prepared for reactions of some of your visitors. 🙂
Blessings!
Ida
P.S. There were several 1930’s quilts, two redwork embroidery quilts, and one that might have been older — a crazy quilt with deteriorating silks — but my favorite item was a woven red, white and blue coverlet that was dated 1840 from Niagara County, NY — the details were woven into the quilt. If it wasn’t $1,200, it probably would have come home with me.
Saska says
Tell him you make QUILTS not blankets!
We have some “trophys” in our livingroom and a live cat…guess a beaver pelt would fit in, but I wouldn’t want to be the one in charge of making it!