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bjrogg:
Here's a few I have hanging on my walls in my house. At first my wife didn't "want all those dead things hanging on the wall". I assured her it was better than live ones. lol. She always makes a fuss when I hang something on the wall but after a bit you wouldn't be able to take it down and she loves to show it to people when they come over.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
1st picture a pair of big coyotes, it's really rare to get one as nice as the one on the left here it's really got nice fur no rub. 2nd a pair of Red Fox my favorite I love everything about Reds. 3rd a grey fox it's my wife's favorite. I also have some more Fox and 3 mink. I want to do a blanket beaver and some muskrat put up like beaver on a hoop
Bjrogg
selfbow joe:
Very nice looking hides. Did you tan them your self.
bjrogg:
Thanks Joe, actually these where all tanned by a taxidermist buddy of mine. I skinned, scrapped split the lips and generally did everything but put them in the tanning solution. When he takes them out of bath I get them and work the areas I want soft then put them back on stretchers. I like to hang them on walls and like the head area a bit stiff.
Bjrogg
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--- Quote from: Outbackbob48 on December 04, 2016, 12:31:02 pm ---bjrogg, the only tanning that I have done is braintanninng hair off, I have trapped a ton of fur and put up air dryed, I do know that if you want hair to slip just add water, When I do my deer hides I don't use ashes to remove hair and grain just throw in a barrel of water for a few days and it will start to slip, same think happens when water comes up in river and can't remove animals for some time. The warmer the water the quicker thinks seem to slip. Good luck with your tanning and keep us informed with your progress. Bob
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Bob,
Are you saying you can de-hair a deer hide in just a couple days in a barrel of water? If so would fleshing work better after the hair is gone?
What I have read is it takes months with ash in the water?
Thanks Zuma
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Zuma it only takes a few days in warm weather for a ash water mixture to start the hair slipping on a hide. I always flesh my hides first. Once the hair starts to slip your hide is on the edge of starting to rott. So be care full and not leave it in the mixture to long
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