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jturkey:
how to dry and perserve a snake skin. i just got bit/struck by a copperhead and plan on taking its hide for a trophy i know how to skin it just need to know how to dry and perseve it for placing it on a bow for my son. or arrow cresting. is it liek drying beaver hides?

NTD:
How'd you find yourself getting bit?  Your were messing with it weren't ya ;) ;D

Just tack it flesh side out on a board, and let it sit for a bit in a cool dry place.  Most skins dry in a day for me, but it may take longer, copperheads are pretty thin so I doubt it.  You can lightly dust it with some borax but you don't really need it. 

osage outlaw:
I had one that the flies wouldn't leave alone so I lightly misted it with bug spray and that took care of it.  Here is a link to a thread about snake skins.  There is a good picture of a skin tacked down and drying.


http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,24345.15.html

jturkey:
No ntd i was setting up a blind for turkey hunting and just happen to look down to see him curled up inthe oak leaves. even with snake boots on i took 30 minutes checking my leg for fang marks no penitration but the boots worked lol

jturkey:
al right got it streched and pinned out just like a beaver kind of lol. turned out to be 30" long and 4 inches wide at it thickest part.

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