Del,
The best way I have found is.
1. Make a frame from old 2 X 4's. Drill a hole thru that you can fit a
carriage bolt and a huge wing nut thru. Here is why, the drying form
should look like a V, the point has the bolt.
2. Use dry wall screws (or what ever you have) to tack the hide down
(flesh side up). Now stretch the hide as tight as it will go. Cover
the skin with a 3/8 or more 50/50 mix of kosher salt (any plain course
salt, no additives to the salt) and plain old borax.
3. Raise the pointed end up about a foot or so. The Idea is to allow
air flow around the hide and for the juices to run off.
4. Stretch the hide daily. This allows faster drying with the added
benefit of a dry hide when cut is flexible.
Del this method works. I still have pieces of deer hide with hair that
is around 20 years old.
The Best
BobH
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Subject: [VFB] Deer Dilemma
Fellow Friends of the Fly,
��� I have just gotten a deer hide. It was a fresh kill. I have fleshed
it out, washed it with flea and tick shampoo, and put it in the freezer
to kill any ticks. After a few weeks, I am going to thaw it and dry it.
��� Here is my dilemma: Now that I have this hide, after I dry it, then
what????
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��� ��� Pondering Pleasantly,
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Delbert (Del) Roberts
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