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hillbilly61:
 Pappy...Will it be ok in the freezer till after Christmas and New Years ?

HoBow:
It will be fine in the freezer as long as you want to leave it.....if it is salted, it doesn't even have to be in the freezer.  When I work with hides, I just flesh and salt them good and leave them out until I'm ready to do something with them.

hillbilly61:
Cool. The fleshing is the part I'll have time getting to for a couple weeks. I reckon when I get the fleshed and strung up I'll ask more questions. Maybe I'll buy a book on the subject too ;D

Pappy:
It will be fine in the freezer,I usually flesh them before ,but you can do it later,We don't salt them ,just freeze them,when you take it out ,put in a bucket of water and let it get really wet again,it make getting the meet and especially the membrane of much easier,when It starts to dry out it is hard to get the membrane off. :) I use a dull draw knife on a slick log to flesh,once you start it is kind of like chasing a growth ring,you can just see it pealing the flesh/fat and membrane off. :)
   Pappy

leapingbare:
 ;)
Good luck with your hides.

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