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juniper junkie:
Hi guys, when tanning a coyote hide with hair on do you use brains? or is there another method?

Hillbilly:
Hair-on tanning is a pretty involved process. It can be braintanned with repeated brainings and smokings. Alum tawing is another good method for hair-on tanning, or some of the modern chemical tans. Try braintan.com, I think I've seen some info on there about hair-on tanning.

huntertrapper:
you can brain any hide with brains with the hair on also, if you had deer brains you could use them to tan the yote dog, you dont have to have the same brain for the animal.

leapingbare:
Brains will work, Try this.
 1st make shere you get all of the membrane off the flesh side. Rake it let it dry and scrap and sand the flesh side of the hide
 2nd take the hide out of the rack and smear some brains on it than soke a towel in brains and lay it on the hide, roll it up and let it set over night than scrape the excess brains off the hide and save them there still good.
 3rd make it into a sack and smoke it *carfull not to get it to hot so you dont scorch the hair* once you have smoked it for about 1hr take it down and Brain it again.
 4th Brake it.. use a cable or a paddle and stretch those fibers till its dry.
 5th smoke it one last time , for some color on the flesh side and the smoke smell will help keep the bugs out of it.
  Hope these helps some.  Leapingbare.

juniper junkie:

--- Quote from: huntertrapper on January 05, 2008, 05:09:06 pm ---you can brain any hide with brains with the hair on also, if you had deer brains you could use them to tan the yote dog, you dont have to have the same brain for the animal.

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I always thought that you did want the brains from the same anima ??? thanks for the replies all. now all I have to do is go out and call in a coyote! ;D

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