>I don't have, but wish I did, A. K. Best's book on harvesting skins and furs.
Joyce, A.K.'s book is "Dyeing and Bleaching, Second Edition: Natural Fly-Tying Materials". I think the book you want is by Scott Seymoure. Here's the Amazon.com listing: From Field to Fly: The Fly Tier's Guide to Skinning and Preserving Wild Game by Scott J. Seymour (Paperback - Feb 2001) Buy new: $9.95 11 new from $5.40 8 used from $5.39 I've tried to skin starlings - their skin is like ultra-thin rice paper - VERY fragile. I ended up plucking the "eye" feathers. Not the best way, but it worked. Good luck, a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
