Originally Posted by
hunt12ga
Hello all. I'm fixin' to *try* to tan a coyote hide for a friend of mine. He called his taxidermist and the guy wants $150 to send it to the tannery! I told him that I could probably do a halfway decent job for him at a fraction of that price.
I already have a fair understanding of the tanning process. We (my dad and I) have brain tanned a few deer hides, and I have done a few coyotes in the past with a powder called DixieTan. I don't know if the stuff is still available, but I didn't really like the results anyway. Do you have any suggestions on chemicals or kits that I could get to do this? I read a post a few days back that mentioned the SafetyTan ?? stuff. I looked on WASCO's site today and saw several options. Are there any other suggestions or tips that you could give? He's wanting something that he can hang on the wall or drape over his gun cabinet, so the tanned hide will have to be able to be broken and softened.
Thanks
rw
The taxidermist isn't just "sending it to a tannery" there is alot of work that needs to be done to a smelly coyote before it reaches the tanning process, as was described above....his time is worth something,you know..he isn't going to do all that work for really cheap, because you don't feel you should pay him for his time.....