This is my first time doing a hide,after skinning it what do I do first?
freeze it or streach and salt it? Also how do I keep the fur from falling out?
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...What are you going to do with the hide? Is it going to be a mount or just tanned and hung on the wall? I will also refer you to the SEARCH button on the left. All the answers to your questions are probably there, all you have to do is look.
What is the fastest,successful way to perpare a fur at home thats soft,
flexable and don't cost much?
When you figger everthing out you will get your best resaults and the best price from them on 1 hide
Good luck
It's going to be hung on the wall,placed over a table or something like that.
What would be the basic things I would need? Need more info. to get started.
These books have details, terms and pictures, they are the text books of taxidermy. Also the Jonas books have some great inforamtion about $300.00 for all, cheaper than college books.
in these books you will find your answers in the first few pages.