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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on June 06, 2011, 06:45:22 pm

Title: bull snake skin
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on June 06, 2011, 06:45:22 pm

im not buying or selling anything but i need help  with a bull snake question.     what is a fair price for a near 6ft long perfect bull snake skin.  skinned and salted.

Title: Re: bull snake skin
Post by: criveraville on June 06, 2011, 07:18:23 pm

PM sent

Title: Re: bull snake skin
Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on June 07, 2011, 03:40:46 pm

Why salted? No need to salt, just peel, tack to a board and dry.

I'd like to have one 6ft long, that would more than cover any of my bows.

Title: Re: bull snake skin
Post by: criveraville on June 08, 2011, 03:06:31 pm

5 years ago before I joined I was looking to tan my skins with glycerin and denatured alcohol.  I emailed Pappy and he told me the same thing: skin em, tack and let em dry in the sun.. Thats it.  In our Texas heat it only takes 1/2 a day... 

Gotta love those long snakes.. Most of the chicken snakes I have traded have been well over 60 inches

Title: Re: bull snake skin
Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on June 08, 2011, 03:27:55 pm

The ones I have dried in the sun only took a few hours. If it was cool I dried them in the garage and they were dried overnight. It's very simple to do and only takes a couple of minutes to skin a snake.