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tan a deer hide is a rite of passage, cementing blood ties to our hunting
forebearers who depended upon skins for warmth and who respected slain animals by
<a href=\"https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/hunting/complete-guide-cooking-
eating-venison-offal/\" target=_blank>never letting any part go to waste</a>. Using
an alum solution (you can find ammonia alum at pharmacies) departs from the
traditional method of tanning hides—ancestral hunters used brains instead—but it
will render your deer hide soft and supple. The reward is a memento that serves a
dual purpose as a beautiful wall hanging or a comforter for a winter night."},
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and bone out the tail. Scrape every particle of fat and flesh from the hide with a
knife. Begin the tanning process or preserve it with a generous layer of non-
iodized salt. Salted hides can be air-dried until the onset of warm weather, or
frozen."},
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in water in a plastic garbage can until it softens, changing the water often.
Drain, then pull the skin back and forth across the edge of a board. Scrape it with
the back edge of a knife or an old hacksaw blade with dull teeth. Do not expose the
hair roots if you want to tan a deer hide with the hair on."},
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pounds of salt in 4 gallons of water in the garbage can. In a plastic bucket,
dissolve 1 pound of ammonia alum in a gallon of water. Slowly pour the alum
solution into the garbage can, mixing thoroughly. Soak the deer hide for four days,
occasionally stirring to make sure it’s well coated. Rinse thoroughly with running
water."},
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hide, hair side down, to a piece of plywood. Partially dry it in a sunless place,
then rub in a coat of fat liquor oil (3 ½ ounces of neat’s-foot oil combined with 3
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