Originally Posted By: gethuntinI have a few coyotes now that i decided i would like to try and put up to tan and just hang in the house or my office etc.
I dont have any of the neccessary tools yet. I have ordered a cheap fleshing knife, tail stripper, hair comb. And i am going to make a fleshing beam. I have 50 lbs of salt.And i plan on getting Bottle of Tanning agent today.
But i know theres a proccess which i cant seem to put together seems like theres several ways and the sticky in the Trapping section doesnt work.
Basically would like to know once i skin it can i salt it and freeze the hides until i am ready to sit down and go through the process and wait for my supplies.
Or do i need to flesh it salt tehn salt it?
If you're going to freeze it, DON'T SALT it. It will never properly freeze. If you already salted it, get it on a stretcher now. I use Lutan-f by van Dykes on everything I tan and it works great. Some people will tell you to salt it before putting it in the pickle, some will tell you not to worry about it. I don't want to get into that argument, but one thing I will tell you is you better have fleshed those things real well if you haven't frozen them yet. Sounds like the best thing you can do right now is check to see if they have started to slip, and if not, skin them and get them in the freezer without salt ASAP. When you tan them, make sure to turn the ears, split the tail, and thin down the area around the eyes and lips/nose but not so much that the whiskers fall out. By the way, alot of this can be taken care of in increments once it's in the pickle.
