Each day I'll unroll the hide leaving it open for a few hours (4) then too it up for another 4 hrs. Rub it in very well.Ĩ) after your tanning solution is rubbed in extremely well i will roll the hide up again in a towel. If it's a hair on hide it depends on what I feel like. I've done brain tanning and egg tanning and your store bought tanning solution. Depending on how your going to do this you will run in what ever tanning solution your want. I've also used my smoker for this on smaller hides.ħ) spread tanning lotion. Make sure to watch carefully so that your not burning. Soak the hide on both sides until the desired color is reached. I dig a hole and get a good bed of coals setup a support above the coals, I make a tipi and drape the hide over the tipi, then add in the wet fruitwood. I like to have a nice colored hide if it's hair off and I'm going to make something out of it. You want your hides to me moist but not soaking wet.Ħb) now there are other ways that I enjoy doing the most but might be over the top. I'll let this sit for about a day to dry out someone. Place more towels over top the hide and roll up the whole lot. I will let last down towels and place the hair side down in the towels. I had a stick of cheap thrift store towels that I use to pat dry. This process is to neutralize the acid pickle solution your hides had been sitting in for the last several days.Ħ) at this point dry your house as best you can. Soak and rinse the hide in this soon no more then 45 minutes. I do a simple 3 tbs to 1 gallon cold water. I will stir and mix the hides 3-4 times a day and let them sit in the solution no more then 3-4 days.ĥ) immediately after: soak the hide in water and baking soda.
I do this all in trash cans and use a cinder block to hold it down. Make sure to weight down the hide so that they can be fully submerge. My recipe is very simple I do 2tbs of alum and 2lbs salt to every gallon of cold water. Let this speak for 5 days before proceeding to the process listed below.įor hair on hides: As soon as the flesh is off I soak the hides in a mixture of alum and salt. I often use hot water as it helps the hair come out faster. Last year I flushed out 6 deer hides after work, so I'll do them all at once.Ĥ) Hair off hide only: before starting the tanning process I soak the hide in 1lb hydrated lime to 8 gallons of water. I'll use a single point tip or the rotating spiral tip. But I can fully flesh a deer hide in about 30 minutes with hardly any effort. I'll get all geared up in my rain gear or just be ready to get soaked and covered in flesh. I'll place the hide hair down on a table outside.
But the single best way I've found is an unconventional method but it works great for me. I've made fleshing stands and using flesh knives. Reasoning is that I don't like dealing with live ticks so I'll freeze a hide for a day or 2 to kill the ticks.ģ) fleshing a hide: there are many ways to flesh a hide. Most of the time I freeze the hide even if it's just for a day. This being a separate topic most people do not process or eat coyote bobcat or cougar, that's unfortunate they are all very tasty in their own regard, cats are a lot like pork and coyotes make good burger. I waste no creature be it a squirrel or a bear I leave nothing wasted if I can. I normal spend the first few days processing the meat. My wife gets the pleasure of figuring out where to keep all my hides that doesn't look cluttered.Ģ) once a hide is off the animal you can either start working on it or freeze it for later. For smaller animals I like to do the case skinning method, if you haven't learned this method take the time it will give you the best resale hide quality, that being said I've never sold a hide. For larger animals I do the rib roll, if you haven't learned this yet take the time, it will save your body.
#Pressure tanning hides skin#
This is my process.ġ) nothing will fix a poorly skinned animal, take your time and skin correctly. I've learned a lot and made a number of mistakes. I've tanned every animal hide I've hunted and I've never paid for anyone to do it for me.
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