☠︎︎Critters ‘n Creatures☠︎︎

cute young yote boy finished for a client, this pelt was completely unmountable when it came to me so I’m pretty happy I was able to get him done nicely, he’s still got some flaws but it’s all workable

the backhide of a lovely kitty named Tyson finished up for his family 🐾

striped skunk (baby) - full pelt - F

another itty bitty stinker that already found a home!

gorgeous stud of a lynx I am very jealous of tanned for my friend and fellow tanner!! (no, but he really is beautiful, it’s my goal to get one this season lol)

cute little bandit finished up for a client 🐾

striped skunk (baby) - full pelt - F

this cutie is available in the shop or off Etsy for $208 + 🚢, a small repaired tear on her hip but no other damage, absolutely tiny and so adorable, fits in the palm of your hand

gray wolf (AK) - cape pelt - ?

Big beautiful gray wolf head, I’ve had this guy salted for a long time now, I’d tanned the two he came with a while ago and I only just now was able to get to him, i was going to keep him but he’s available for $300 + 🚢, payment plan friendly and open to offers. He is mountable but he has some damage in the form of some holes, nothing unrepairable, his one ear does have a more notable hole from the person who prepped/salted him but it’s fixable.

red fox (western, Utah) - full pelt - M

really nice Rocky Mountain red, it’s hard not to keep him but he’s up in the shop! He has some minor damage but nothing particularly difficult to repair/hide. He’s $157 + 🚢 off Etsy

Red fox (ranched, marble cross) - full pelt - M

just a really fancy absolute tank of a fox. Show stopper of a marble cross, could not help but keep this guy, and can you really blame me…

Hello! I have briefly touched on the subject but I haven’t given it a proper spin as an in depth topic of discussion. It’s something I myself have conflicting opinions on, it’s very much a gray area in my mind. I think morally speaking in a very broad sense it’s no worse to buy a farmed fox direct from a farmer than eating meat from the grocery store. Which…I actually don’t even eat meat because i disagree very strongly with factory farming and I have very strong negative opinions on American cattle ranchers in particular for their extermination of wildlife and harm to the environment but that’s a different topic for another day…in short I do think it’s a complicated topic but I would hate to see fox farms fully eradicated and lose all of those interesting and beautiful “colors” and their history. I do think things should change for many farms in terms of care but keep in mind it’s already a dying practice for better or for worse, there’s very few fox farmers left and we probably won’t have these sorts of foxes around much longer. I think it would take much more effort to preserve fox farming than to eradicate it (speaking only for America)