The work is in the preparation more than the actual tanning process. My wife and I tried one several years ago and the time involved getting all of the meat and fat off of the hide before beginning the tanning process was tremendous. Taxidermists and tanners have tools for this purpose that take a fraction of the time involved doing it yourself.

Coastie
"Children are tastier than Dogs or Goats and they're far easier for a Leopard to catch" Indian Magistrate Hari Prasad Tivari