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<blockquote data-quote="certherfbeef" data-source="post: 47030" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>Shelby, </p><p></p><p>Cattle hides are hard to tan. They are very labor intensive and it is hard to keep the hair from falling out. Have a taxidermist contacted and arrangements made <u>before</u> the animal goes to slaughter. If that hide even sits a day, I won't do it. The folks at the slaughter house should know haw to take care of it, but get specific instructions for them from the taxidermist. They woun't clean it very good, but will try harder if they know if is going to be tanned.And I wouldn't suggest shipping the hide too far either. Sitting in a box is not good for it either. as for a price, I could easily get $600 or better in just supplieson an average size hide. That says nothing for the time involved. Hope this helped a little. Pm with further questions if you like. ~Missi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="certherfbeef, post: 47030, member: 190"] Shelby, Cattle hides are hard to tan. They are very labor intensive and it is hard to keep the hair from falling out. Have a taxidermist contacted and arrangements made [u]before[/u] the animal goes to slaughter. If that hide even sits a day, I won't do it. The folks at the slaughter house should know haw to take care of it, but get specific instructions for them from the taxidermist. They woun't clean it very good, but will try harder if they know if is going to be tanned.And I wouldn't suggest shipping the hide too far either. Sitting in a box is not good for it either. as for a price, I could easily get $600 or better in just supplieson an average size hide. That says nothing for the time involved. Hope this helped a little. Pm with further questions if you like. ~Missi [/QUOTE]
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