Need help, Squirrel tail

[JoshuaWilliamSholes]

How do i preserve a squirrel tail correctly? I've never done anything with taxidermy before.

[worstcaster]

I usually just salt mine, but I use them for fly tying not display.

[Bocajnala]

I have a few years worth hanging on the wall at home.... While skinning the squirrel I pull the skin all the way clean off the tail bone. Then I cut the Tail off the rest of the skin. Then I cut a little slit in the top of the tail, slide a shoe string through it, and let it hang there with the rest of them. They quickly dry out, I dunno if that is the proper way, but they hang in my gun room. DOn'ts smell or rot. And some are about 10 years old.
-Jake

[JoshuaWilliamSholes]

Originally Posted by Bocajnala

I have a few years worth hanging on the wall at home.... While skinning the squirrel I pull the skin all the way clean off the tail bone. Then I cut the Tail off the rest of the skin. Then I cut a little slit in the top of the tail, slide a shoe string through it, and let it hang there with the rest of them. They quickly dry out, I dunno if that is the proper way, but they hang in my gun room. DOn'ts smell or rot. And some are about 10 years old.
-Jake

Thanks for the info. I ended up just pouring a bunch of salt down the tail after I took the bone out. It's been a couple months and it's not stinking or rotten yet.

[Windwalker7]

Borax will work as good or better than salt, next time.

Borax can be found with the laundry detergent at the grocery store