How To Make A Fox Quiver

gio tundo · January 18, 2011, 07:42:00 PM

Great pictures guys that's alot of help. Are all of those tanned hides? And my hides skinned right up thebelly and down each leg is there and ideas how to make it like the first picture with the yote that had its head facing down?

gio tundo · January 18, 2011, 07:43:00 PM

Would the hide have to be tanned no matter what, because I've made a deer hide one witout tanning it and stretched it around a form untill it hardened and that turned out great.

YORNOC · January 18, 2011, 08:11:00 PM

You tan it to keep the bugs from gnawing at it. They tend to get in and chew away if not tanned. You'll see dry "dust" in the fur from them chewing, they are destroying it from the skin side out.

YORNOC · January 18, 2011, 08:16:00 PM

Loneranger, PM sent.

BTW · January 18, 2011, 08:43:00 PM

What would be the best way to get a hard tan for a fox pelt? Buy a tanning kit or easy homemade method?

K.S.TRAPPER · January 18, 2011, 08:56:00 PM

Alum/Salt Tan is what I use and works great.

1 cup of aluminum sulfate to 2 cups of salt to one gallon of water. Make as many gallons as it takes to cover the Hide completely, A fox will take about 2 or 3 days if fleshed properly and a deer hide will take 4 or 5.

I recommend you look up the steps on the web or find a book to show you the proper steps. It's a easy tan to do and it's the prep work and the softening that's a pain but is easier with a hard tan.

Tracy

Lone Ranger · January 18, 2011, 09:20:00 PM

YORNOC, got your PM- thats why I havent done it, takes too long. was planning on giving the hides to a taxidermist or professional tanner to do. dont really want to deal with the hassle of it. However I am game to try anything once. the raccoon I just skinned was a fatty mess (first time skinning a coon) all are frozen currently.

L.R.

rdoggsilva · January 19, 2011, 12:00:00 AM

Man those look great. Good job.