Rattlesnake mounting - part III of V

[Kerby Ross]

If you have ever skinned an animal out before then snakes should be no problem....just smaller.  Oh, and rattlesnakes don't have ear openings and
they have pits.  Just skin down past the eye just like an animal, then comes the pits, then the nose.  During that time you will encounter the
lips.  Same as an animal.


















Next we need to flesh the skin and trim the lip line.  I use dry preservative ONLY to help my fleshing tool grab the meat.  It will be washed afterwards
to ensure that no dry preservative is left over.  I use a fish skinning serrated knife to do my fleshing.  Flesh from head to tail and from inside to outside.
I use a scalpel to scrape the meat from the tail skin.  Then back to the head.  I use a scalpel to split the lip line and to skin out the nose.  I also use
small scissors to trim the fat off the lip line.















I am not a fan of most tanning kits out there so this is what I do.  I wash and soak the skin in Dawn degreaser dish soap for about 15 minutes.  Rinse well.

[psycho]

Excellent job!  Fantastic Kerby, but you already knew that!       

[Wayne R]

Kerby this has been a very interesting post, thanks for the info.

[tomdes]

Thanks Kerby!! I've always wanted to do a snake, with this tutorial it will get me on my way..

[Redwolf]

Nice. Can't wait to see the other 2 parts to this tutorial. Thanks Kerby.

[bigyay]

thanks mate