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Pappy:
I use deer brains, save them from every deer that comes through TwinOaks and have a freezer full. I usually use 1, sometimes 2 per hide. I was told every critter had enough brains to tan it's on hide and so far that has worked out about right for me. I always wondered why my granny told me "son you don't have enough brains to tan your hide" after starting this I figured out what she meant. ;) ;D ;D
 That hide is looking good, I don't do the exactly the way you do but the same principal, I make a donut roll over a pole to do the ringing and instead of rope I use a cable but does the same job. Like bow building their is a lot of way to skin a Cat. :) I also leave the hair ring around the edge until it is finished, I stich it up through that when I do the smoking, helps keep the smoke in and going to trim it off anyway so no needle holes.. ;)
 Pappy

bjrogg:
I have allways heard that too pappy. I did save brain from deer I got this year. We have an old refrigerator in shop and when I processed my deer I was short on time so I 1st just cut I pieces small enough to wrap some freezer paper around and place in fridge. The head just barely fit in the freezer. When I took head out I was going to let it thaw then skin and cut top of skull but then I decided to try just cutting it frozen. This worked very good the frozen hide stayed right where it was and didn't move back and forth with the saw and brain was still nice and frozen picked it out put in plastic bag and put it back in freeze. :) That's funny what your granny told you pappy I remember being told that too. I never even though about where it came from till now. ;D Those old timers had some pretty good wit most of the expressions we use today have meaning that have been lost in our modern day world :(

BowEd:
Yes many different ways all to the same result in brain tanning.Thanks for the comments.I like to say there must be 30 different ways to tan a hide.I did'nt mention the brains in itself enough to do it's own hide but it's true.Good to be mentioning that.Maybe your granny tanned some.....?I've taken those brains out of cattle heads and deer heads too.[hatchet/hack saw/you name it for tools.Anything that works....lol].Kind of a pain and the bone chips should be sifted out too but they work great.The butcher does'nt get all the bone chips out of the pork brains either....lol.The old folks would say to use your head for more than a hat rack too....lol.
My neighbor is butchering cattle and trying to sell beef.[Still too expensive for me since I've got deer meat anyway].I should ask what he's doing with the brains.The hides too.
It's such a throw away society nowadays it's ridiculous.
Well it's sunny and looking like the best day of the year out.I'll see how this hide turns out.Try to get Robin to take some pics of the roping procedure.

lebhuntfish:
Looking good Ed!

Patrick

Aaron H:
Real good

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