Curing hides

[String Tracker]

ok i got my squirrel saturday and ive had non iodine salt on it since.  how long do i leave it on there and do i take any salt off and put more on?

[Minuteman]

www.lksd.org/Nunapitchuk/tanning.htm  
 
 http://www.state.tn.us/twra/pdfs/tanninghides.pdf

[Adirondackman]

I have had good luck curing small hides. Clean method without messy solutions.

 1.Flesh hide good - very important
 2.Salt good and let stand one day
 3.Whip salt and oils off and repeat step 2
 4.Rub dry Borax into hide - let stand for 2 days.
 5.Repeat step 4 two times.
 6.Clean pelt with dry cloth
 7.Rud in Neatsfoot oil - let dry
 8.Repeat step 8

 Pelt is now ready to use

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Adirondackman:

 8.Repeat step 8

That's just mean right there.  Are you trying to keep us too busy to hunt in your woods?  :-p

[numbfinger]

i read that and coulda swore it said repeat # 7!

guess i only read what i wanted it to say   :D

[Adirondackman]

Numbfinger you read my mind. Sorry that is what I meant. I must have been dreaming about hunting while writing this. Sometimes I feel like I'am repeating step 8 over and over again.

[Jerry Jeffer]

A Man? do you ever smoke your hides?

[Adirondackman]

Jerry Jeffer -  I do plan to smoke the deer hide that I harvested this year. Never tried it with small hides. Have you tried it?