What do you do with your hairy hide?

Sure Shot Mc Gee · November 30, 2013, 12:08 PM

Every year same Ol' same Ol'. Salt, fold & bag that furry deer hide up in the Bone Castle's garage. Tote it 250 plus miles back to the 'Ole Homestead. Next day drop it off at a local gas station for a free pair of buckskin gloves that hardly ever fit. Maybe a few suggestions here would help.

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So, what do you fellow's suggest? or what do you do with your hide/s?

Seasons Greetings and Thanks.

Jo6pak · November 30, 2013, 12:15 PM

I usually do about the same thing, except I only drive about 10 miles to trade it for gloves.
Then I drop the gloves off at Goodwill on the way home.

Art Eatman · November 30, 2013, 12:16 PM

Tanned hides are great for moccasins. Used to be a taxidermy shop in Austin that sold them for $5, back in the '60s. Wish I'd stocked up before prices first rose and then they quit selling them.

huntinaz · November 30, 2013, 12:17 PM

Most often I leave it for the coyotes to chew on. I'm having one tanned this year though, and gave one to a coworker.

I have a coworker who keeps threatening to make dog treats out of them. Last year I had a hide sit in my freezer most of a year before I tossed it. This year she took it in a timely manner but we'll see if she gets around to making the hide chews

cdmckane · November 30, 2013, 08:42 PM

Mine get put in a tub with the guts, feet, head, and carcass and taken to the state lands for the coyotes.

FrankenMauser · December 1, 2013, 12:46 AM

There is no one left in my area that will tan game hides, without charging an arm and a leg. (The last quote I got for a Doe Antelope hide was $425, and an elk hide was over $750.

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So, for anything without antlers/horns, we throw them in the trash.

With antlers/horns.... easy drag/pack jobs will have the cape saved to be sold (frozen or salted and frozen). For tough pack jobs, we toss the hide while we're cutting up the carcass for the hike out. Ants and worms gotta eat, too...

Sure Shot Mc Gee · December 1, 2013, 11:10 AM

I've used this outfit quite a few times in the past. Coats vests even biker pants I had them make for me years ago. Very nice products they hand make out of your hides. My only suggestion. If sending in hide/s for tanning. Send in large animal hides if you can. As the charge for tanning a larger & small hide are the exactly the same price. But if a small hide is all you have. By all means send it in and have something made for yourself. One thing I have noticed. Their price Lists {hasn't} changed in probably 20 years. Still a good value for the ($) buck.

http://clpuber.com/

ChasingWhitetail91 · December 1, 2013, 11:21 AM

I give all my hides and inedibles to my friend to use for bait on his traps.

Deja vu · December 1, 2013, 10:12 PM

I bury it with the guts. I keep the head. There is a guy in town that has a black beetles that will clean all the meat off the bone in a few days and he only charges about $75.

rdmallory · December 1, 2013, 11:00 PM

At one time I sent them to W.B, Place to get tanned and made into jackets but I see now on line they are no longer accepting hides.

Doug

PS Just found this place looks to be the same type deal.

http://www.custommadesportwear.com/products.php

Grundy53 · December 1, 2013, 11:17 PM

Leave em in the woods.

shortwave · December 2, 2013, 05:56 AM

My hides get thrown with the gut pile but...

I do have a few of these.

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Mobuck · December 6, 2013, 07:34 AM

Local fur buyer gives $7 or a pair of gloves(next summer). I take the $7. He told me he'd take all the deer hides I had. When I asked if he'd take them on the carcass, he got a little suspicious. I've seen 1/2 dozen roadkills within 5 miles.
On the other hand, doe tags are $7 minus $7 for the hide=meat is free. I process my own so freezer filling got cheaper. In fact, with a handful of free landowner tags, even the freezer bags are paid for.

Chaz88 · December 6, 2013, 11:52 AM

In my town Theisens farm supply gives out 6 to 9 dollar coupons for hides.

November 30, 2013, 12:15 PM	#2
Jo6pak Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2010 Location: West Coast...of WI Posts: 1,663	I usually do about the same thing, except I only drive about 10 miles to trade it for gloves. Then I drop the gloves off at Goodwill on the way home. __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF contributor.

November 30, 2013, 12:17 PM	#4
huntinaz Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2010 Location: az Posts: 1,332	Most often I leave it for the coyotes to chew on. I'm having one tanned this year though, and gave one to a coworker. I have a coworker who keeps threatening to make dog treats out of them. Last year I had a hide sit in my freezer most of a year before I tossed it. This year she took it in a timely manner but we'll see if she gets around to making the hide chews __________________ "When there’s lead in the air, there’s hope in the heart”- Hunter’s Proverb "Feed me, or feed me to something. I just want to be part of the food chain." -Al Bundy

November 30, 2013, 08:42 PM	#5
cdmckane Member Join Date: April 8, 2012 Location: Locke, NY Posts: 76	Mine get put in a tub with the guts, feet, head, and carcass and taken to the state lands for the coyotes. __________________ www.cnysynthetics.com

December 1, 2013, 12:46 AM	#6
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	There is no one left in my area that will tan game hides, without charging an arm and a leg. (The last quote I got for a Doe Antelope hide was $425, and an elk hide was over $750. ) So, for anything without antlers/horns, we throw them in the trash. With antlers/horns.... easy drag/pack jobs will have the cape saved to be sold (frozen or salted and frozen). For tough pack jobs, we toss the hide while we're cutting up the carcass for the hike out. Ants and worms gotta eat, too... __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

December 1, 2013, 11:21 AM	#8
ChasingWhitetail91 Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 336	I give all my hides and inedibles to my friend to use for bait on his traps. __________________ Abraham Lincoln made all men free, Samuel Colt made them equal.

November 30, 2013, 12:16 PM	#3
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Tanned hides are great for moccasins. Used to be a taxidermy shop in Austin that sold them for $5, back in the '60s. Wish I'd stocked up before prices first rose and then they quit selling them.

December 1, 2013, 11:10 AM	#7
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	I've used this outfit quite a few times in the past. Coats vests even biker pants I had them make for me years ago. Very nice products they hand make out of your hides. My only suggestion. If sending in hide/s for tanning. Send in large animal hides if you can. As the charge for tanning a larger & small hide are the exactly the same price. But if a small hide is all you have. By all means send it in and have something made for yourself. One thing I have noticed. Their price Lists {hasn't} changed in probably 20 years. Still a good value for the ($) buck. http://clpuber.com/

December 1, 2013, 10:12 PM	#9
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	I bury it with the guts. I keep the head. There is a guy in town that has a black beetles that will clean all the meat off the bone in a few days and he only charges about $75. __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

December 1, 2013, 11:00 PM	#10
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	At one time I sent them to W.B, Place to get tanned and made into jackets but I see now on line they are no longer accepting hides. Doug PS Just found this place looks to be the same type deal. http://www.custommadesportwear.com/products.php

December 1, 2013, 11:17 PM	#11
Grundy53 Member Join Date: November 24, 2013 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Posts: 47	Re: What do you do with your hairy hide? Leave em in the woods.

December 6, 2013, 07:34 AM	#13
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	Local fur buyer gives $7 or a pair of gloves(next summer). I take the $7. He told me he'd take all the deer hides I had. When I asked if he'd take them on the carcass, he got a little suspicious. I've seen 1/2 dozen roadkills within 5 miles. On the other hand, doe tags are $7 minus $7 for the hide=meat is free. I process my own so freezer filling got cheaper. In fact, with a handful of free landowner tags, even the freezer bags are paid for.

December 6, 2013, 11:52 AM	#14
Chaz88 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2010 Posts: 1,243	In my town Theisens farm supply gives out 6 to 9 dollar coupons for hides. __________________ Seams like once we the people give what, at the time, seams like a reasonable inch and "they" take the unreasonable mile we can only get that mile back one inch at a time. No spelun and grammar is not my specialty. So please don't hurt my sensitive little feelings by teasing me about it.