How do i preserve pelts???
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 12

i want to start keep the pelts from the animals that i shoot the only problem is i dont know how to preserve them. Also Is it the same process for every animal from Whitetail to raccoon to squrriel.
#2
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Yes the process is all the same, except a few species such as goat and pigs.
I would either buy a tape on tanning or a book or even go to your public library and check one out, it is an ardeous job and to me is not worth doing for the price that a professional tannery can do it for.
and unless you have all the machinery they have you will never get that nice soft feeling.
Good luck
I would either buy a tape on tanning or a book or even go to your public library and check one out, it is an ardeous job and to me is not worth doing for the price that a professional tannery can do it for.
and unless you have all the machinery they have you will never get that nice soft feeling.
Good luck