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How to preserve squirrel tails?
Mesophilic:
Anyone ever preserve squirrel tails? Or any critter tails for that matter?
Squirrel season is upon us and my daughter is making me save the tails. Why? "It's for a craft, daddy."
She also made me save her some feet :o
Just dry them out?
Russ:
depends, you can salt them but never wash the salt off, it will kinda infuse into the hide it will then turn into rawhide if the project dosnt need them to be soft. worked for my deerhead and it hasnt started rotting. if they need to be soft, put commercial tanning solution on it and work it in. dont get it on the hair and leave it be, then later work the tail untill soft but dont tear the tail in half. worked for a youtuber. :OK
Pat B:
All I've ever done is dry them out. I wouldn't salt them. Unless you remove all the salt it will attract moisture and that can lead to rot. I've never tanned a squirrel tail but I never needed to.
PEARL DRUMS:
I do the same as Pat. Air dry is just fine. You can pull the tail bones/skeleton right out of the tail If you get after it while they are still warm.
mullet:
As soon as you kill them you can reverse peel the hide from the meat and bone and then air dry them or do as Pat and Pearly do.
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