Auto Tanner For Soft Coyote Fur?

Doesn’t matter what you tan with it’s going to be hard.
You have to break the hide or stretch it out when it’s about 85% dry. Plus double oiling also aids in a soft tan.
Tru-bond 1000B is a real good rub on tan for wall hangers. It has oils in it yo aid in softness.

 

I have an auto tanner as well and tan every furbearer there is, however I have noticed with the auto tanner that you have to be extremely careful with over crowding the space or you will get hair matting on the leather side like you see in a lot of bears. This has been the case for the last batch of coyotes I completed. Lots of factors that also play into this, but that has been my observation and have returned to static tanning for the time being until I can come to a definitive solution with my auto tanner. Frank is spot on with the breaking process, nothing tanned will ever be soft unless you break the fibers in the hide before they set. I have two tumblers for this, one is a converted dryer and the other is a large 8' x 4' tumbler, but you can accomplish breaking by hand staking, just more labor intensive and time consuming.