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<blockquote data-quote="50/50Farms" data-source="post: 1758882" data-attributes="member: 42731"><p>Here, actually I'm just going to do this here in hopes that it helps people in the future. I'll preface this with my experience and I'll wrap it up with variations you can use based on your environment.</p><p></p><p>I've been working with hides for 20 years, I was taught as a boy. I finish out multiple big game hides a year. I started doing various livestock hides when my buddies and I started our own homekill group to supply our tables with sustainable meat. We'd buy in on an animal, prep it for slaughter, slaughter it and I'd butcher it. </p><p></p><p>Every hide, universally, needs to be scraped and fleshed. There's more than one way to do this, but the way I'm about to tell you is as good as any. I build a pallet construction of 1-4 pallets depending on hide size. Basically like a pad. I make my holes with nails so that I can secure the hide against shrinkage better than cord will and it also keeps the holes small. I coat the hide with about a half inch to maybe an inch of salt mixed with a powdered detergent. Drying time depends on weather and season. I analyze every property I live on to see what spot gets the most sun all day. Small animals, a few days, a hide like this, 10-14 days. More in next message.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="50/50Farms, post: 1758882, member: 42731"] Here, actually I'm just going to do this here in hopes that it helps people in the future. I'll preface this with my experience and I'll wrap it up with variations you can use based on your environment. I've been working with hides for 20 years, I was taught as a boy. I finish out multiple big game hides a year. I started doing various livestock hides when my buddies and I started our own homekill group to supply our tables with sustainable meat. We'd buy in on an animal, prep it for slaughter, slaughter it and I'd butcher it. Every hide, universally, needs to be scraped and fleshed. There's more than one way to do this, but the way I'm about to tell you is as good as any. I build a pallet construction of 1-4 pallets depending on hide size. Basically like a pad. I make my holes with nails so that I can secure the hide against shrinkage better than cord will and it also keeps the holes small. I coat the hide with about a half inch to maybe an inch of salt mixed with a powdered detergent. Drying time depends on weather and season. I analyze every property I live on to see what spot gets the most sun all day. Small animals, a few days, a hide like this, 10-14 days. More in next message. [/QUOTE]
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