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.