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PREPARING HIDES FOR STORAGE
by Frank Sherwood
With hunting season fast approaching, you might want to start considering how
many hides you'll want to brain tan for the upcoming year.
Where it's legal to buy hides, you can check out the butcher shops that cut and wrap game. Some of them
just throw the hides out so you might get them for free or you might have to
pay a few bucks per hide. It is a good idea to check through the hides and find
the largest ones with the least amount of holes and score marks left from a bad
skinning job. It the hides are salted, wash and rinse all the salt out in
several changes of fresh water.
To store the hides you can freeze them with the fat and meat left on. Roll
the hides up in a tight bundle with the hair out. Take that bundle and put it in
a clean garbage bag. Squeeze the air out of the bag and tie it off and freeze
it. It will keep for a year or more.
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