I have never tanned a hide. Here in Ontario we have a "Hats for Hides" program which allows hunters to turn in their deer hides to one of the Hats for Hides Depots (usually a local butcher shop or game club)in return for a hat. The hats we recieve are blaze orange (all hunters in Ontario, by law, must wear blaze orange headware while rifle hunting) with a nice embroiderd and dated crest. I believe all hides are given to various Aborigional and Native groups.

Nothin' better than the second week of deer camp.