Tom: Thanks.. I'll do just that, IF he can get the hide back from the butcher. Be my luck the butcher is a fly tier and is tanning it for himself..LOL... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Davenport To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] I gotta teach My Son In Law something LOL If you just want to use it for fly tying cut off a good sized chunk, wash it in shampoo, stretch it, scrape it and salt it. The best Elk I have ever tied with was given to me by Larry Johnson, it was on raw, salt cured hide and still had enough natural oils to both tie easier and float better. Tanning takes a lot out of hair. Tom On Dec 30, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Chuck Alexander wrote: Folks: My Son In Law came by yesterday to drop off my Grand Daughter to spend the night with Us, and he pulls out a 6 point deer rack, and says "Look what I killed yesterday"...I asked him did he butcher it, but he took it to a local butcher house here that does most deer kills in this area.. I said "where is the hide???" "At the Butchers".... I said "What???, you better call that butcher and tell him NOT to throw it away or anything like that cause you KNEW I could use those hides in fly tying" "Oh yeah, I forgot about that" He said LOL..... Well, hopefully he can get it back.. I hope so...Chuck Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav
