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hum - bitten off more than I can chew?
n2everythg:
Think this belongs in this section. I know my wife and neighbors are gonna think I'm a crazy weird cave man that doesnt belong in this upscale suburban neighborhood...........
you know how one small thing almost always turns into something bigger than you thought it was gonna be when it first seemed like a good idea at the time?
well started out I was wanting to stitch up some mocs and maybe build a quiver. Couldnt find any decent leather that I liked anywhere. The stuff at tandy leather looked like plastic and wasnt too sure about any of the online stuff.
So started hunting round local for buffalo ranches thinking maybe I could get a hide. found a good deal but it grew bigger than a bread box. First I was just gonna get one green hide.... now keep in mind I have only tanned a couple squirrels, a wild cat and in the process of doing a skunk. but how much harder can a buffalo be anyway... it is only 1000 times the size of the squirrel...
well one hide was so cheap that I thought it would be cool to do one hair on and one hair off..... and then I started thinking about the head and horns... well it wasnt much more to get a recently chopped off head with all particulate matter attached....
So now I got 2 hides and a head... all green and gooey......
I live in the middle of suburbia so I figure this ought to get interesting real quick......
well the hides I can freeze til I'm ready to do something with 'em..... but what the frick am I gonna do with a bloody buf head... The wife will absolutely FREEK out if she opens up here freezer and finds a decapitated buff in there.... not that she is gonna be entirely pleased with a couple green hides taking up the entire freezer......
So right now I am picturing walking down the street through my little suburban neighborhood carrying a decapitated buf head to get down to the little woods to hide it somewhere to decay and stink for a while....
or maybe I can just hammer it up to the fence and let it drip away... hum... neighbor control... that might work... drive out all them neighbors that I cant stand... now just gotta figure out which fence to hang it on.....
well the whole lot only cost me $100. Think I got a deal but a ton of work ahead of me.
Any suggestions?
later
wade
Pat B:
:o :o :o :o :o
sailordad:
only idea i have is that you could cut off the horns and sens them to me ;D
cant seem to get the buff farms around me to give that stuff up, i even offered to pay for them still got a flat out nope :'(
peace,
tim
Wolf Watcher:
I live on a large buffalo ranch where they sell young bison for meat. In the winter the hides are really nice. It takes up lots of floor space in the garage but they dry out well with lots of salt. We have buffalo heads all over the place as the bears and coyotes drag them off. If you skin out the head while its fresh they are not so bad to handle, but after they get ripe its another story all together. A fresh head will have enough brains to tan the hide once its dry and fleshed out! I don't envy you the chore you have taken on! Watcher
n2everythg:
lol. it is pretty obvious that I have not thought this one through all the way....
I was gonna let the head rot then go out and buy some brains to tan the hide.... man.
Hopefully I would have at least figured that one out before putting the head someplace handy to ripen.
any idea on how to get the brains out with out screwing up the skull? not sure what I am going to do with head and horns but might make a cool decoration til I figure it out....
Man I just had this image of how to get the brains out of the skull... you'll love this...
I could remove the spine then insert a high pressure air hose in the eye socket..... blow them right out the back
what do ya think?... I say stand back and let 'er rip.
Later,
N2
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