How to Safely Pluck Porcupine Quills and Guard Hairs
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2024
- Here's how to safely pluck quills and guard hairs from a porcupine for use in traditional arts and crafts. You can pet a porcupine, you just have to go in the right direction. Porcupine can cause a tremendous amount of damage to livestock, dogs, and trees and shrubs. They're also very cute. They love to eat clover, apples, and pears.
Join the (FREE) Stockman Original Substack to get emailed every time we publish a new video, plus other posts and perks:
stockmanorigin...
EQUIPMENT LIST
Canon EOS Rebel T7i EF-S 18-55
amzn.to/331sXq1
Movo WMX-1 2.4GHz Wireless Lavalier Microphone System
amzn.to/31O0kfb
Neewer 18" Led Video Light Panel Lighting Kit
amzn.to/3qgEKJP
Please subscribe to the channel and let us know in the comments what projects you'd like to see next. (In which case, you ought to enable notifications through the bell icon, as well.)
Brian Stockman is a master carver with a deep knowledge of traditional wood, stone, bone, and ivory carving.
#stockmanoriginal #porcupinequills
Oxygen Garden by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommon...
Source: chriszabriskie....
Artist: chriszabriskie....
Join the (FREE) Stockman Original Substack to get emailed every time we publish a new video, plus other posts and (future) perks:
stockmanoriginal.substack.com
I'd like to see a multi part series where you show us each of the different applications of the types of quills, and eventually make that porcupine a bald pelt.
Hello Bottega channel, we may never see him bald but we are going to show the actual quill work. Thanks for being there!
Best channel on TH-cam! We are watching a national treasure! Thanks for sharing your time and talent! KANSAS
Thanks Jack, really appreciate your support!! We’ve got so much stuff planned and it wouldn’t mean a thing with out our tribe.
My husky got a mouth full and she was so smart she stood and let us pull out about a dozen. Never seen anything like it. Vet finished the job as she had one through her tongue and in the roof of her mouth. The steer in our freezer got a snout full and he was probably around 1200 lbs at the time. Did him solo in a homemade stantion type head gate and ever rope I could find. Usually takes 3 guys to hold the dog and one to try to pull the quills.
Hey Timothy, thanks for checking us out here. Yeah, they can be a problem. Some dogs get mad and try to kill the porky, others get the point. My last two dogs got the point, one got one quill in her bottom lip and never went near a porky again. The other one got quilled up the leg and never went near one again. Good dogs. My brother’s beagle tried to kill one, it was a horrible mess. I think Veterinarians raise porkies in their spare time.
@@StockmanOriginal My last run in was with my border collie buddie. We were hiking/foraging in a remote gulf when he cried out and disappeared. I had no idea which way he went. I don't think he did either. It was already near dark and I wasn't equipt with any lights and had to decide to leave and come back to search. He showed shortly after with a snoot full. Three hundred bucks later he was fine. He had one quill in his ankle the vet was going to leave but his assistant found the end and with our urging he removed it. Months later in a different part of the same gulf he saw a porky in a tree , over the bank and acted like he wanted to go after it. He didn't after my yelling. Good thing as the bank was about as steep as a clift can be and still have trees growing on it. He's a couple years older now and stays a little closer on hikes now. Great video on quill work. I love the indian crafts. Birch bark canoe is on the short list , which isn't so short actually, but anyhow , huge fan of your work and of your videos. Both well made.
been helping a porcupine in the back bush behind my place, made him a roof for his shack, and brink him bark to eat when its really cold... but if he kicks the bucket, im in for a quill collection👍 thanks for sharing🙂 always a pleasure
I fed one through a winter once, she liked lettuce very much. Take care, digging season is coming up!
thanks for the tip Brian👍 way easier than stripping bark🙂
You betcha
There no are porcupine in my region, but is very interesting learn about this kind of ancient knowledge !
Hello Garou Diaz, we are so happy to bring this stuff to you, it wouldn’t mean much without you guys watching- thank you!!!
I agree Brian you are a national treasure- thank you so much for sharing!
Hey friend, how are you? Great to hear from you, be safe in the storm!
@@StockmanOriginal Cabin fever city! but otherwise just fine! Watercolor Painting today. Hey! BTW- check out my art show at the Tuftonboro library up until feb 26th
Oh, that’s awesome l’ll definitely get in there for that! Enjoy the snowy day, l’m in the shop too.
Great vdo i hope you remember us before you become famous
Hello Peter, if we become famous it will happen because of you guys!!😁
@@StockmanOriginal i will do my best spread the word. So many people i no have no interest in anything. I am 65 got my pilot lic at 57 love trying new things. Scrimshaw is on the table as we speak. Were you a teacher in the past.
Hi Peter, no I haven’t really taught before, maybe a couple times, just classes on one thing or another. I have taught myself to do things over the years that I was interested in and when I met Max it seemed like a good idea to share as much stuff as possible. I like to help folks when ever I can. Max and I would like to make this a full time gig, and thanks to folks like you the channel is growing. I hope you do give scrimshaw a try, one of the nice things about it is, if you are not satisfied with the results you can always sand it off and try again. Thanks for being so supportive.
Lol. Yes, I’ve always wondered how to pluck a porky. I was hitchhiking to the barter fair years ago, and talked the driver into putting a big roadkill porcupine into his trunk. We got distracted by the fun at the fair and forgot about porky, and it was high summer… Wonder how that turned out. I’ve not had any dogs get quilled, but pulled three out of my sheep’s nose once. Interesting uses for guard hairs. Always glad to see a new video from you!
Su Chicken, that’s a funny story! I’ll bet your driver figured it out pretty quick!🤣we are so happy to have you in our tribe.
Another great video!
Thanks Mike, hopefully we can get together this week.
Interesting stuff, I learn something new evertime i watch one of your videos, love it.. Cool looking creature the Porcupine, I would not want my dog to meet one, he met a Skunk once that was bad enough...
You do some really neat things so fun to watch thank you
Thanks Ray,so happy to share! Hey my little Jessie is a big fan of your rock star Duke also.
@@StockmanOriginal thanks Brian Duke wants a look see. lol
Well she made a cameo appearance on the porky video
@@StockmanOriginal I watched the whole thing.i must have missed it going back right now. not the animal at the end with quills??? lol
At the 3;40 mark a brief appearance of black canine came into view and I for one of your faithful tribe, would like a longer closer look along with another look at. cute furry one that reside at your residence PS. Duke also wants a look too TIA
Very interesting 👌 can't wait to see what you make with them 😊
Hello Dave, we should be doing something about that soon. Hope all is well with you mate!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. A friend of mine found a porcupine on the woods and gifted to me. It is in my freezer and I would love to process it and get the hair and quills. So my question is should I defrosted before to start? Thank you in advance
Hello libertadsortilegio, so happy to have you with us. Yes, you will want to let it thaw a little at least but it doesn’t have to be completely thawed. Just so long as the skin is so the follicles can let go.
I wish it would come back in style,
Born out of time
Michael, thanks for checking us out. You sound like an old soul to me, a lot of folks like us lean hard into reenacting, it’s a way to stay in touch with our past.
@@StockmanOriginal I was actually the youngest member of the RMMA (rocky mountain man association), at 17 in 1975.
Still love being out of doors and in my buckskins, can't seem to get it out of my life.
Keep up the good work
I usually pluck all of it starting with the sides after plucking all the gard Hai then the fluff it makes it easier to what I have found my uncle tough me that way then separation frome back quills sides tail and the sizing of the different quills that old guy is fast one porky in about 30 min
Wow, that’s amazing! You are lucky to have learned from an elder.
My friend hit one and ripped a leg off, they took it home and put it in the freezer to prevent it from rotting and smelling before they have a chance to try removing the quills. Should they let it thaw out in a cool basement for a couple days before removing them, or thaw it and gut it, then wait a couple days before trying to remove the quills. We haven’t tried it before
I have found that if the abdomen has not been opened up then you have a few days in a cool environment before it starts smelling bad. I think they pluck better after a couple days, like the skin relaxes. Gutting it is not necessary, just Pink Floyd and a cocktail 😁
i am a new subcriber and i love your youtube video , i am Micmac second generation and i would love to lurn how to make a box .
Hello Chantal, and welcome to our family! I would love to help you, what kind of box are you interested in making?
Curious, do you purchase your kilts or self-make? I ask because I've been on the fence between that very decision🤔
Hello Moshe Reviczky, welcome to the tribe! I make my own kilts. I wear one every day doing all sorts of jobs so they wear out. I like to replace them as l need , plus I can make them the length l want and they seem to fit better than the off the rack ones. I’m hoping to do a video on it soon.
@@StockmanOriginal a video would be awesome! Since your scrimshaw giveaway video I've obtained some deer antler tines and made a scrim tool and played with knapping some jasper. Can't wait until NH spring thaw to start hunting for more stone in the riverbeds near me 🙂
Oh cool, where do you live in N.H.? I’m in the OSSIPEE Mts, there’s Hornfelz in them thar hills. That’s a volcanic stone that the ancients used for blades.
@@StockmanOriginal cool I'll have to look into that come spring. We're in the Sunapee/Kearsarge region.
Awesome, keep in touch.
Does anybody ever make a hat out of a porcupine
@@robinbaker9674 Hello Robin! Thank you for checking us out! I have never seen a hat made from porcupine but I have seen tanned porkies, so I guess you could make one, you would just have to be careful with it.😉It would be quite a statement piece. Welcome to the tribe, l like where your head is at!😁
Is this a man .A trans
Grow up.