Fox and Badger

[Shantara]

No idea if this is the right place to ask...

but there's a badge and a fox who've sadly been killed not too far from me (actually, there's 2 badgers and 2 foxes, but 2 are absolutely mangled) and they're in great condition.

It seems a shame to waste them. Is there anywhere about Milton Keynes that would skin them? Although I don't agree with the fur trade, I adore furs!

Please ignore me if I sound like a twit, I don't know how these things are done

 

[Countryman]

I don't know anything about Milton Keynes but I'm sure there must be a good furrier for the fox even if you have to look slightly further afield - google can probably help. I'd advise you to stay well away from the badger. It's currently illegal to have a dead badger or any piece of a dead badger (e.g fur) in your possession, regardless of how it was killed, and the penalties are very steep, including prison.

 

[RunToEarth]

Please do not touch dead badgers.

 

[Alec Swan]

Regardless of what the Law dictates regarding badgers (or part thereof!!), I once, many years ago and before they were given protection, had a go at skinning one. Hard work? Near impossible!

Alec.

 

[JFTDWS]

Please do not touch dead badgers.

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Aside from the legal implications, have you heard of a little thing called bovine TB?!

(eta - Alec, what was so hard about it? I've skinned sheep, greyhounds, cattle and bits of horse before but never had a crack at badger)

 

[Alec Swan]

Generally, after the cuts are made, we use our hands and fingers to pull the skin from the body, don't we? With badgers (or the one that I skinned), the fat level was attached to the body and the skin, and 'pulling' didn't really work. I had to use a knife, for all of it. From memory, it took an hour, or so. Never again!

Muntjac aren't much easier!

Alec.

 

[Shay]

OP Google for a taxidermist near you.

 

[Shantara]

Sadly I was too late for Mr. Fox (didn't touch badger, don't worry!...though someone has moved him!) he got well and truly splattered :\ positive someone was aiming for him, as he was almost completely off the road!

Turns out, V (the new guy I'm seeing) is the son of a butcher, so he's well used to skinning things. He said if he sees any reasonable foxes he'll get them for me

ETA: I did google one, but he's got some very very bad reviews

 

[PaddyMonty]

Turns out, V (the new guy I'm seeing) is the son of a butcher, so he's well used to skinning things. He said if he sees any reasonable foxes he'll get them for me

I can just imagine it.
"Hello darling, here's your valentines present. A dead fox i pick up off the road"

 

[Shantara]

I can just imagine it.
"Hello darling, here's your valentines present. A dead fox i pick up off the road"

Haha! Now, if he'd skinned it and treated it, I would actually be thrilled but dripping with blood and still twitching...maybe not

 

[Vandigo84]

Unforchenatly it is to late, the skin need to come off the carkas ASAP, other ways the hair will not stay in.