A method for stretching pelts, such as mink pelts, having a back portion and a belly portion and being arranged on a pelt board having a longitudinal board axis, a lower end and an upper end comprising the steps of: a. fastening the lower end of the pelt board in a pelt board-holding device, b. gripping and retaining a lower end portion of the pelt body of a pelt arranged on the pelt board in a pelt body-gripping device, the pelt body-gripping device comprising pelt body-gripping elements (17,18) comprising an inner pelt body-gripping part and an opposed outer pelt body-gripping part, the inner pelt body-gripping parts being placed between the pelt board and the pelt body and the outer pelt gripping parts being brought into engagement with the pelt for gripping and retaining the pelt body between the inner and outer pelt body-gripping parts, c. gripping and retaining the tail of the pelt in a tail-gripping device comprising a tail-gripping element comprising an inner tail-gripping part and an opposed outer tail gripping part, the inner tail gripping part being placed between the pelt board and the tail and the outer tail gripping part being brought into engagement with the tail for gripping and retaining the tail between the inner and outer tail gripping parts (24,25), d. stretching the pelt by effecting a relative longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the board between the pelt body-gripping device and the pelt board-holding device and additionally stretching the pelt by effecting a relative longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the board between the tail-gripping device and the pelt body-gripping device, e. fixing the pelt to the pelt board in the stretched position by means of pelt-fixing device, f. releasing the pelt body-gripping device and tail-gripping device from the pelt, and g. releasing the pelt board-holding device from the pelt board, wherein, during stretching, the relative longitudinal displacement between the pelt board-holding device and the pelt body-gripping device is a displacement of the pelt board-holding device in a holding device displacement direction towards the pelt body-gripping device. a. fastening the lower end of the pelt board in a pelt board-holding device, b. gripping and retaining a lower end portion of the pelt body of a pelt arranged on the pelt board in a pelt body-gripping device, the pelt body-gripping device comprising pelt body-gripping elements (17,18) comprising an inner pelt body-gripping part and an opposed outer pelt body-gripping part, the inner pelt body-gripping parts being placed between the pelt board and the pelt body and the outer pelt gripping parts being brought into engagement with the pelt for gripping and retaining the pelt body between the inner and outer pelt body-gripping parts, c. gripping and retaining the tail of the pelt in a tail-gripping device comprising a tail-gripping element comprising an inner tail-gripping part and an opposed outer tail gripping part, the inner tail gripping part being placed between the pelt board and the tail and the outer tail gripping part being brought into engagement with the tail for gripping and retaining the tail between the inner and outer tail gripping parts (24,25), d. stretching the pelt by effecting a relative longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the board between the pelt body-gripping device and the pelt board-holding device and additionally stretching the pelt by effecting a relative longitudinal displacement in the longitudinal direction of the board between the tail-gripping device and the pelt body-gripping device, e. fixing the pelt to the pelt board in the stretched position by means of pelt-fixing device, f. releasing the pelt body-gripping device and tail-gripping device from the pelt, and g. releasing the pelt board-holding device from the pelt board,