Originally Posted by Berserker

I did a deer hide with the fur on. I used Van Dykes?? for some of the chemicals.

The salt kills the bacteria. If not using it, get it froze or close to it quick. The bacteria is what causes the hair to fall out.

If you do choose to use salt, it needs to be pure salt. Though I started a deer with table salt the first night. Held up ok. But it is just hanging on a wall, not alot of stress.


Not familar with tanning green. I spent some time on taxidermy sites when I did my deer.

Fleshing it out can take awhile. Keep a sharpner on hand. It gets going good, and you go faster, and then cut through.

Other tough thing is submerging it brine. It wants to float. I tried lots of differnt stuff. End up just stirring it lots.

Cutting the lid off garbage can or container, close to the diameter, and weighing may work. That is how some do kraut. I tried bricks in bags, but the hide just floated around.