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Post by mudfish2 on Aug 30, 2005 23:50:03 GMT -5
anybody tan their deer skins, if so..whats the best way, or will I have to send them off to a tannery
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Post by deerslayer11 on Aug 31, 2005 0:07:47 GMT -5
A guy I used to know tanned a few. Ive never tried it though. He bought the chemicals to do it.
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Post by mudfish2 on Sept 1, 2005 22:29:56 GMT -5
the reason I ask ..there is a real pretty doe with alot of white on her and if I take her this year I want to have her hide tanned to have either as a rug or something else to hang on the wall...seen her for several years and was hoping she would produce some calico bucks..maybe she has, but like I said if I see her this year I'm taking her
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Post by thunderbuck on Sept 21, 2005 9:55:06 GMT -5
i do it all the time mudfish. have also tanned my muskrat, coon, caibou, and even a mole  you can buy several different brands of home tanning solution, and as long as you follow the directions, they all work excellent. this is not an easy task though. it takes a lotta hand work and hours to make sure the hide is free of fat and meat. you can find the tanning solution at many sporting good stores. |
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Post by mudfish2 on Oct 22, 2005 23:47:38 GMT -5
thankx thunder! I have tanned plenty of rattlers and copperheads and through trial and error finally got it down pretty good, but skinning a snake scraping the excess meat off and a good salting down drying out and oiling process is pretty much it.. I have seen the calico doe once..no shot..the wife saw her too the other day..she don't want me to shoot her  |
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Post by noonebil on Nov 26, 2005 20:45:54 GMT -5
If it is something you would not want ruined, I wouldn't do it as a first experiment. Better, experiment on average hides. I'd send the piebald hide off.
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you can buy several different brands of home tanning solution, and as long as you follow the directions, they all work excellent. this is not an easy task though. it takes a lotta hand work and hours to make sure the hide is free of fat and meat. you can find the tanning solution at many sporting good stores.
