Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

Pro Fur Handling for the Fur Trapper and Hunter. The ultimate fur-handling video! If you’re new to trapping or a crusty old veteran, this video is sure to put money in your pocket. Covers land and water animals. Proper skinning, fleshing, and stretching as well as drying and fur storage is included in the video. Basic trap sets for canines and cats as well as mink and otter are also shown to get the new trappers started off on the right foot. Everything you need to know in order to handle coyote, bobcat, red and grey fox, raccoon, skunk, river otter, mink, muskrat, and beaver. This is a fun plus educational video that anyone will enjoy. Shows the small things that make a big difference. 

4 hours.

A Complete Video Guide to Fur Handling

Join Kyle Kaatz and Brian Steines to learn their methods of handling muskrats, mink, raccoon, otter, beaver, opossums, coyotes, and fox. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced fur handler you’ll gain valuable insights! Properly handled fur is always in demand. Take advantage of additional markets and higher prices by learning to skin, flesh, and stretch your catch.

Join Kyle Kaatz to learn the basics of collecting, storing, and marketing animal glands. Regardless of fur markets, animal glands are always in demand, and offer additional income opportunities to every trapper and predator hunter. Kyle demonstrates removing glands from muskrats, beaver, coyotes, fox, mink, and otter. Whether you’re a full time year-round trapper or a weekend predator hunter, you can take advantage of these valuable commodities!

Skunks: The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make. Covers all aspects of handling skunks. Skinning, fleshing, stretching, essence collection, handling, and storage. Skunks are the best investment you’ll make! 

43 minutes.

Increase your fur check by as much as 35% with this How-To-Video. A complete guide to bobcat fur handling featuring the Nevada stretch and other money-making techniques.

• Managing your harvest.
• Interview with a top western cat buyer.
• Stretching your cat for maximum profits.
• Tools and equipment.
• Skinning and gland removal.
• Fleshing.
• Dry washing.
• Sewing holes and dealing with damage.
• Freezing your skins.
• Dealing with fleas on your animals.

Over 70 minutes of money making instruction.  Copyright 2010

Every year there is a large amount of money lost to improper fur handling. Learn how you can put up your own otter and protect them from the elements and fur singe. Also you will learn to skin, flesh and board your otter properly. There are several tricks that make your job as a fur handler easier. Otter prices are up and it’s up to you to properly handle your fur to get Top Lot prices. 

80 minutes.

Learn how to skin any beaver in 4 to 5 minutes average time. Learn how you can flesh any beaver in 12 to 15 minutes start to finish. See how to give any beaver hoop a Canadian oval shape. Watch how a pro puts up beaver and how easy beaver processing can be. See many time saving tools and methods.

79 minutes.

All Outdoors Video Productions. This tanning DVD gives you an in-depth look at cleaning and preserving your own animal skins. You will learn three different methods which can be used right in your own home. The first method is liquitan, the second method is a store bought tan and the third method being brain tanning of the hide. You will be a pro in no time by just following the simple and easy methods described within this DVD by a licensed taxidermist where he gives you all of the knowledge you need to be a pro. 

2 hours.

Your video guide to modern fur handling.  Covers skinning, fleshing, stretching, and drying the pelt.

2 hours.

Shows the step-by-step process for putting up beaver using the clean skinning method and plywood stretchers. Clean skinning eliminates the need for fleshing.

91 minutes.

From Start to Finish. Two hours of action packed information on raccoon trapping. Keith and Tom show and explain trap preparation, sets and catches on their raccoon line. They also demonstrate professional raccoon skinning, scraping, and stretching. A segment on snaring is presented. Tips, tricks and techniques are presented featuring the following well-known professionals:

• Gary Armstrong – Famous PVC Pipe Set
• Carroll “Blackie” Black – River Trapping
• Gary Bonnot and Tim Reed – Trapping with Lil’ Grizz Trap
• Russ Carman and Bill Kasten – Questions, answers, and instructions
• Rick Hemsath – Trapping with Body Traps
• Mike Marsyada – Guidelines, Information, and Strategy
• Tom Parr – Trap Types and Live Traps
• Doug Wilson – Snares and Snaring
• Special Feature with Night Footage of Raccoon Working the Lil’ Grizz Trap