1. After capeing, flesh the meat and all fat from the skin.
2. Salt the skin for 24hrs. on something that the excess moisture can drain thru (one of those plastic bread trays than are about 2' by2' over a plastic bid works well) lose lay the skin do not roll it up or it can't drain.
3. shake off that salt and resalt with new salt for another 24hrs.
4. shake that off and put into a pickle bath (I use Saftee-Acid)
5. after the skin has been in the pickle bath for two days (with the correct pH maintained) flesh the skin and put it back in the pickle bath for another two days to swell more, then flesh in again
6. after the second fleshing, neutalize the skin with something gentle and has a basic pH (try bakeing soda)
7. tumble (or drip dry if you don't have a tumbler) the skin till it is damp not soaking wet
8. use some tanning oil on the skin (try Liqua-tan by Knobloch they also have other oils for softening skins) follow the instructions for that product
9. wash, tumble and mount ( fablic softener is ok to wash skins in and they smell great and are soft to the touch, Hair-sheen by Knobloch can be used before or after the hide is mounted)
* for carnivors are small mammals or bears degrease the skin and use bacteriacide tablets or some bacteriacide that can be added in the pickle ( I sometimes use either Pre-tan #110 or Basacryl NB-KU by Knobloch)