Best Place To Y Bucktails

[predator lures]

Any body have a GOOD PLACE TO GET BUCKTAILS QUALITY AND PRICE LPO SEEM TO RAISE PRICES FORCING ME TO SHOP. THANKS

[BLT]

If you live in a good deer/trapping area, look for someone that handles the pelts.

I get my tails deboned, washed and set in a drying room. They are not salted, so in the summer I do keep them in a freezer because I don't want to bother with the salt lol. I'd like to find out what the chemical is they use to dry them out. This guy told me he can get me as many as I would want. I am a full time printer, part time tackle maker, so I only go through around 500 a year.

 

I get HUGE tails for $.90 each. I've had many tails where the white hair was a good 8".  I dye my own also.

This guy is in his late 60"s, and I hope his son takes over when he retires lol.

[Jig Man]

I used to get some pretty good tails from Stamina inc.

[Apdriver]

  On 12/8/2014 at 12:25 PM, BLT said:

If you live in a good deer/trapping area, look for someone that handles the pelts.

I get my tails deboned, washed and set in a drying room. They are not salted, so in the summer I do keep them in a freezer because I don't want to bother with the salt lol. I'd like to find out what the chemical is they use to dry them out. This guy told me he can get me as many as I would want. I am a full time printer, part time tackle maker, so I only go through around 500 a year.

 

I get HUGE tails for $.90 each. I've had many tails where the white hair was a good 8".  I dye my own also.

This guy is in his late 60"s, and I hope his son takes over when he retires lol.

Borax is what you can use to preserve those tails. We use it to dry pelts we want to preserve as trophies.

[gaspumper]

After I debone my tails I salt them down until they stop dripping.then I mix 1lb alum with 5 gal water and put the tails in the solution for 2 weeks then rinse and hang to dry takes a couple of days.If I could post pictures I would show show what they look like.Also there is no smell from them.

[smalljaw]

I have been getting mine at Crazy Angler Tackle. They give you a choice of medium or large and the price is good as well as the quality. I will mention this if you want to take a chance, Grandpa Bobs Custom jigs, he sells bucktails at unheard of prices and the quality is good, but he won't tell you if he has them in stock or not so you may get your order in 3 days or 3 months and seriously, it will take that long sometimes and he won't answer an Email and he only takes phone calls after %:30 PM eastern time but even then you'll be lucky to get hold of him. I mention him because nobody can beat his prices but he lost me as a customer because ordering stuff is a crap shoot and he does charge you and I feel 1 to 3 months is unacceptable but some will put up with it just because of the prices. I'll include a link to Crazy Angler, like I said, great service and you can get medium or large tails but all have been good quality.

http://stores.crazyanglertackle.com/

[gaspumper]

If you are a manufacturer and wholesale-retail jigs you can buy from Serge Boulard inc.He will only sell to retail stores and manufactures.The last I got from him were $3.60 each CDN.

[BLT]

  On 12/8/2014 at 4:02 PM, gaspumper said:

After I debone my tails I salt them down until they stop dripping.then I mix 1lb alum with 5 gal water and put the tails in the solution for 2 weeks then rinse and hang to dry takes a couple of days.If I could post pictures I would show show what they look like.Also there is no smell from them.

After I wash tails, I put them in a pillowcase and tie it off, toss in washer on the spin cycle. Pull them out and let them dry. They dry a lot faster that way. Do about a dozen at a time, that's the size of a batch for me to dye. If you have an other half, make sure the pillowcase is tied well so the tails don't come out. The boss doesn't like deer hair in the washer lol.

[smalljaw]

What gaspumper does to the bucktails is known as "pickling" in the taxidermist world, well at least the ones I deal with. It accomplishes a couple things, first it kills the bugs and second, it tans the hide which keeps the hair from falling out and the skin from rotting. You can debone the tail and then, using nails, stretch the skin and nail it to a piece of wood and then cover with kosher salt or borax and leave it sit for 4 to 6 weeks. I like the Borax because it deodorizes the tail as well as cures it but I think salt cures faster. If I was sure on the pickling method I'd do that, but luckily my taxidermist friend mixes a batch and does it for me and I just pay him for the stuff he uses and give hem a handful of jigs.

[gaspumper]

The pickling method is very simple,make sure you get as much fat off the tails when you debone them as you can get off.wash and rinse the tails, I take and whip or nap the tails to get any extra water off them then lay them out on large pieces of cardboard depending on how many tails you have to do,I take pickling salt and and put a light covering of salt on each tail as I lay them out making sure I cover the whole raw side of the tail,then I let them sit for a couple of days by then the salt  should be done pulling moisture out of skin,then I wipe them dry and knock any salt that's left over off the tails.I use 1 lb alum mixed with 5 gal. of cold water making sure alum is fully dissolved putting the tails in mixture ,the batch I just done was 95 tails,I put a plate on top with a small weight on to keep the tails fully covered and stir them every 2 or 3 days for 2 weeks,after 2 weeks I take them out of the solution and rinse well and whip or snap them several times to take any excess water off them, then I staple them to the cardboard again putting a fan on them and leave for three days or until they stiffen up which is pretty fast with the fan.I put mine in the bags I get from the colored deer tails I buy or vacuum seal them with my sealer ,this keeps the beetles or bugs that eats the skin away.In 2004-2005 I done 600 natural tails and a few every year since.I have another 50 to do this year then I'm done.