I'd like to save a few of the warm deerskin coats is there a simple was to "cure" them so they don't dry hard and smelly?
2006-12-01 10:31:48 · 7 answers · asked by JeNe 4 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
You have to turn them into buckskin, and I dont think there is any way to do that that is as simple as "washing them with your hands."
The way you "cure" a deerskin is to tan it. There are a couple different methods of tanning your skins, but the most common one seems to be braintanning. Very basically, you soak the hide, scrape the hair off it, soak it in a solution of water and the brains of the deer, then you smoke it. Once again, that is a very basic breakdown of the process.
Try googling either "buckskin," or "braintan," and all kind of stuff should come up for you with much more information than I have provided.
Good luck.
2006-12-01 10:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by pathstr8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you want hairless leather or a hide with fur. If you want a fur hide to hang on the wall you can spread it out on plywood with the hair down. Tack it down so it don't shrink. Then spead a thick layer of salt on it. Once every couple of months mist it with water from a spray bottle. In 8 or 10 months you will have a preserved hide and it will be flexible and odor free.
2006-12-01 23:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can send them to WB Place in Wisconsin.
For about $35, they will tan it for you and send it back.
Save about 5 or 6 skins, and you can trade them back in for a coat. They make other things. You pay a fee for them to make the product (about 40% of their sticker price if I recall).
It's kinda expensive in the long run. You can just have them tanned there and do whatever you wish too.
To save hours it takes to tan a skin, I'd rather just pay the $35.
Their website is:
http://www.wbplace.com/
2006-12-01 12:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by Slider728 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Van Dyke's Taxidermy Supply sells a "Curatan Kit" to tan deer skins. They make a hair off and hair on kit. www.vandykestaxidermy.com
2006-12-02 02:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by geobert24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tanning is a very hard messy work at best there is no simple way that i know of.
2006-12-01 13:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Deerlick. its a city in California
2006-12-01 10:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wash them with your hands and then hang the out side
2006-12-01 10:34:48 · answer #7 · answered by ~cutie~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋