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Title: sealskin
Post by: 3Feathers on May 20, 2010, 05:53:00 PM
Anybody know where I could purchase some sealskin for rest material????????
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on May 20, 2010, 07:16:00 PM
Good luck, them suckers are protected like the spotted owl!  Maybe ODFW has some they shot a few on the Columbia River this year.
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Post by: JRY309 on May 20, 2010, 07:31:00 PM
I have heard some guys finding some old sealskin purse on **** and cut them up to make their own sealskin rests,just a thought.
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Post by: razorsharptokill on May 20, 2010, 08:17:00 PM
Just what I was going to post. I know a guy who did that.
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Post by: Bowferd on May 20, 2010, 10:33:00 PM
A member from Omaha, NE posted on here about a year ago on the forum that he had some. Like an idiot, I didn't order any or save the info.
Now I can't find anything on it.
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Post by: Ray_G on May 21, 2010, 02:18:00 AM
PM your address to me.  I will mail you a piece from Alaska Bowhunter Supply that will probably give you a couple of rests or a rest and strike plate.  They only came about 2" x 3" when new and I took a rest and plate out of it.

Ray
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on May 21, 2010, 05:52:00 AM
This may be a business opportunity for me. We're killing seals here on the East Coast, but I don't know anything past that. Are there only certain parts of the hide suitable for rests, such as underbelly makes the best or whatever?
I have a sealskin rest that I need to replace as well. Would this be something that most archers would want?
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Post by: hockey7 on May 21, 2010, 07:17:00 AM
-contact Bob Morrison...he was selling squares of seal skin at K'zoo this year.
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Post by: vermonster13 on May 21, 2010, 08:59:00 AM
I just bought 24 square inches of it on the auction site for $13 delivered.
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Post by: Tom on May 21, 2010, 09:29:00 AM
That's it David-rub it in,LOL.
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Post by: vermonster13 on May 21, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
A piece of it will find it's way to the St Jude's Auction once I have it in hand.    ;)
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Post by: lpcjon2 on May 21, 2010, 02:39:00 PM
Go to E Harmony and look for an Alaskan native girl,get in good and then ask for some.Thats about the best shot you have.