Hello Folks.
If I get any deer this year I plan to preserve the hide with the hair on. I will be traveling by automobile and it's 1010 miles. Ok .I 've just aken the hide carefully off the deer. What are the next steps in getting it back to Florida. I have the directions on tanning the hide once it is here.
Thanks Chuck

Salt it down, wrap it in a garbage bag and place it in a cooler with ice. It will last like this for several days as long as you keep it cool.

No No guys, don't freeze it or ice it after is being salted, the wetness can still create bacteria on the hair side if there is blood or stomach fluids on the hair.
You can salted and roll it up and keep it in the shade, in top of a shelf or log at camp, where no critters can come and steal it, or even hang it from a raft and let the water from the skin drain, that is what salt does is to draw the water out and keep the bacteria low.
after 24 hours shake the wet salt off and resalt with fresh salt, it will beging to dry after that and then you can have it tanned .
Alex.
Advance Taxidermy Services,Inc.
Miami Fla

Thanks all of you. Alex, thanks for the warning.
I am also from Florida.

God bless you men,
Chuck