EatBugs
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Ok, so......
I shot my first Deer ever last year. HUGE doe(didn't look so big in the crosshairs) she had a beautiful dark dark coat and I wanted to save something as a trophy of my first deer ever. so... I wraped it in celophane and walmart bags and put in freezer. I just never got around to taking it to a taxidermist. I was checking out the new Sportsman's Wearhouse that was just built (awsome place) and found a do it at home tanning kit for 21 bucks. I thought "ah ha!!"
I shot the deer by myself, gut it, dragged it out of woods for 3 hours, took to check station, skinned it, and proccessed it including grounding the meat all by myself. I would be extra proud of myself if I tanned its hide all by myself too. I am woman, hear me Roar!!!
Well.....
first of all..... what kind of salt do you use for curing hides?!. I have no idea! The crappy instruction manual just says not to use rock salt.. isn't rock salt - table salt NaCl? and where to you get the propper salt?
Also, the tanning kit says you can tan a deer hide. what it fails to mention is it only has enough for what they call an average deer hide. 2' by 3'. but they have instructions for tanning large and extra large hide in the book. I read that stinkin book front to back before I started and again after I noticed the mistake. So, I'm in the middle of the tanning proccess when I discovered I don't have enough chemicals! :banghead: my deer hide is classified as an extra large. my hide is 3' by 5' !!
Well, heres to a waste of time and money. hopefully I can salvage the hide.
I'd still like to know about salt and curing hides.
I shot my first Deer ever last year. HUGE doe(didn't look so big in the crosshairs) she had a beautiful dark dark coat and I wanted to save something as a trophy of my first deer ever. so... I wraped it in celophane and walmart bags and put in freezer. I just never got around to taking it to a taxidermist. I was checking out the new Sportsman's Wearhouse that was just built (awsome place) and found a do it at home tanning kit for 21 bucks. I thought "ah ha!!"
I shot the deer by myself, gut it, dragged it out of woods for 3 hours, took to check station, skinned it, and proccessed it including grounding the meat all by myself. I would be extra proud of myself if I tanned its hide all by myself too. I am woman, hear me Roar!!!
Well.....
first of all..... what kind of salt do you use for curing hides?!. I have no idea! The crappy instruction manual just says not to use rock salt.. isn't rock salt - table salt NaCl? and where to you get the propper salt?
Also, the tanning kit says you can tan a deer hide. what it fails to mention is it only has enough for what they call an average deer hide. 2' by 3'. but they have instructions for tanning large and extra large hide in the book. I read that stinkin book front to back before I started and again after I noticed the mistake. So, I'm in the middle of the tanning proccess when I discovered I don't have enough chemicals! :banghead: my deer hide is classified as an extra large. my hide is 3' by 5' !!
Well, heres to a waste of time and money. hopefully I can salvage the hide.
I'd still like to know about salt and curing hides.