thin skinned young deer,,tad,,freezer burnt,

o deer,,, im working on a young deer skin, is a tad freezer burnt , has only been in freezer, a month, normaly i salt dry but this skin is mostly dry allready,,, should i just go to pickle, or try to rehydrate with a salt batericide combo?
i have rittles batericide and know its good stuff.
thanks

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Wet back

Jen,

You should rehydrate before pickling to open up the fibers in the skin. That will allow the acid to penetrate better. Personally I use a relaxer such as Rittels Ultra-soft and Rittels PS-650 Bacteriacide
for a relaxing bath. Just those two and nothing else. I know people do add salt,just my preference not to.

Best of luck Jeff

Salt bath

One thing i do with a freezer dried skin is make a salt bath and immerse the hide for as long as it takes to rehydrate. I use two pounds of salt per gallon of water. I do this before the pickle. Good luck!