You might need to know this, tanning hides......

robsguns

I'd given up on finding a new place to tan my deer hides a few years ago, seems they'd all gone out of business. Well, guess what I found on the inside of the NC hunting regs.?? You guessed it, a place that tans hides of all types at a good price. I guess no matter how hard you look, you just never seem to be able to look in all the right places when you are looking for something you need. When you least expect it, then it pops right up in front of you. If you'd like to try this place out, here is the link.

http://www.foxvalleyleather.com/hunter/

SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC

aglore

Prices seem a little steep as I had a Musk Ox and a Grizzly bear at the same time done for $425 for both and that included the express service and postage back to me at Shishmarif Tannery up on the coast a few years ago. They charged by the linear foot(tip of nose to tip of tail) and not the square foot. They did an excellent job on both hides and called to let them know that I was very pleased with their quality of work.

AlleninAlaska

http://www.outdoor-o-rama.com

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-- Thomas Paine

robsguns

I dont know how those animals would figure out in cost, but the cost on an average deer hide is about what I was paying before, so I thought it was pretty good. I wouldnt use them unless I was looking for some nice soft leather from my hide, or the hair on, cause I use the stuff you can buy now from some place in Texas, oh yeah, Tandy Co., they call it 'tannery in a box' and it works well for me. Makes you appreciate it more when you do it yourself too.

SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC

REBJr

Dad always had a simple-one step method- a few good whacks to a backside that needed it and Presto! tanned ( sometimes a little over done though) Ralph

Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.

woodsrunner

A few years ago I tanned a few hides for extra cash. It's not that hard to do. The supplies needed are available in most grocery stores with the exception of the acid for the pickle stage, that can be purchased at the auto parts store. I don't think it cost me $30.00 to do 10 deer hides. I bet Tazzmutt could refer a tanner also. I've never understood why most hunters don't keep the hides. It seems kind of a waste. At the time I was tanning for fun & a little profit, I was working overnights in a gas station. It put me in the right place at the right time to meet hunters. I just made sure every one of them knew I'd pay $7.00 for the raw hide. The butchers were only giving $5.00 credit for the hides. I sold the finished product to the buckskinners I knew for $20.00-$25.00 a piece.

I do hope your info leads to a few less wasted hides.

Woods

timberbeast

W.B. Place & Co. Hartford, WI.
Bout 20 bucks for a deerhide.

Warpig883

Call M&M Fur in Bridgewater, South Dakota 605-729-2535

Have them send you their catolog. It is full of ingredients to make all kinds of tanning solutions and animal and trapping baits. Also lists books about how to tan hides. They are a trapping supply house and have all kinds of goodies;

moc.murofsmraerifeht


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