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Deer hockskins
Dan K:
This looks like a lot of work! How long does it take you to convert a leg into a pouch? You're really good at working leather, do you have more things to share? Love your work.
primitivepaulette:
All the animal skin items take many hours Dan. I really don't know how long it takes to make a hockskin bag! Hope they last in the freezer for a good long while! I"ll probably did them out when it gets warm again to work on those. I"ve been marathoning on graining the deer hides lately.. I have several now all ready for the brains and a bag full of brains where my milk should be in the refridgerator.. every time.. I open the door it's staring me and the kids in the face!! Better use them or refreeze like ASAP! I try to do a little bit each day on the skins regardless but easy for me to LOSE focus for sure! I have a little rawhide bag I'd like to share.. I'll start yet another thread! Thank you for your kind remarks!
Ran across this old picture. These hockskins are really smelly to skin but it quickly dissapates after a powerwash.. that's messy too!
n8tr boy:
paulette, i've skinned out 4 deer legs and how do you get the cartilage out of the dew claws. I hope my little bags come out as good as yours. I plan on donating them to our local bow club for fundraiser in spring. ;D
primitivepaulette:
I leave the very end in there and remove the last little moveable piece! It is a bit difficult to cut out and it's also a bit dangerous and all I can say is that after so many you seem to stop cutting the heck out of yourself.. I never really thought of myself as masochistic but POSSIBLY??? Sometimes I'll leave the longer bones attached too and use a pair of needle nose pliers just to twist and turn them if I can.. sometimes they can be pulled and pried out a bit too! Just leaves a little indent is all.. the last little toe bone seems to dry up in there without any smells or anything but yeah.. they are indeed a booger to remove sometimes.
JW_Halverson:
Are those hocks or did you massacre a huge colony of meerkats?!?!?!
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