we get a lot of deer up here- we are allowd 15 per year- over a 9 month season.
they are a smaller sitka blacktail, anyway my point is, i just hate throwing away perfectly good hides, i feel like i am being disrespectful.
i have mare rawhide than i could ever use.
so if anybody wants rawhide, i will de-hair , stretch and dry them. the skins are quite clean, as i punch out my hides when skinning, the way i prep them is to sand the flesh side with coarse sandpaper when they are dry- takes any membranes off, and gets a good glue surface.
when they are dry, if you pay shipping, i will send them to you. being smaller deer, the hides are nice and thin- perfect backing material.