a Groundhog bag

[MuskratMike]

I am in the beginning process of putting something very special together. To wet your appetite here is the bag that will be going with it. I do believe you can call it a "proper" groundhog bag! 

[scottmc]

Now they are some good looking bags right there.  And tell me if I'm wrong but I see Curt Lyles handwritten written all over them.

[scottmc]

Meant to say "handywork"

[MuskratMike]

You sir have a good eye.

[scottmc]

I never met him but did buy some bark tan hides and a little squirrel bag a few years ago to go inside my bag for balls, flints, whatever.  He has a very distinctive look which I like and a nice personality to boot.

[wattlebuster]

I have quite a few Curt bags too an can spot his excellent work as far as my old eyes can see. His stuff has the LOOK

[scottmc]

Muskrate, just curious but what is the size of that bag that u are showing?

[RoaringBull]

Is that a case-skinned groundhog with the bottom seam sewn shut?

Very cool regardless!

David

[MuskratMike]

Will post size and dimensions when it gets here. Since it is .32 making a leather & quill funnel today.

[KC]

Those are very cool. When I was a kid in the early ‘80s, farmers in NW Ohio used to almost beg us to shoot the groundhogs in their soy bean fields. I wish I’d have been more aware of these things then.

[Mike from OK]

Very cool.

I assume that there are just a few folks bark tanning groundhog hides on a limited basis... I can not find one for sale anywhere online.

Mike

[Curt Lyles]

Mike the bag size is 6 wide 9 long and it is case skinned meaning there's no side seams, it's a good sturdy leather for a pouch and if they're too small and thin you can line them with a linen or a feed sack material and they stiffen up. The older the groundhog the better the Hyde is.

[Curt Lyles]

Mike I have a friend that tans my deer hides groundhog and squirrel hides and he's 250 miles away so I don't see him very often but he either bring some or pick some up when he's here. But I'm not looking to sell any. Curt

[Mike from OK]

Mike I have a friend that tans my deer hides groundhog and squirrel hides and he's 250 miles away so I don't see him very often but he either bring some or pick some up when he's here. But I'm not looking to sell any. Curt

Thank you for responding sir. And I pretty much figured a fellow would would have to know someone who does it to get one. I'm not looking for any at the moment anyway... If I drag one more leather hide in the house my Mrs. may end up adding my own hide to the pile. 

Mike