I skinned a rabbit... now what?
I acquired a rabbit the other day, and have had it chilling in my car truck (about 25-30F). I skinned it today, and it seems to have come off fairly well (first time skinning an animal for this...
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If you don't want to brain it, you could do a vegetable tan with oak or sumac leaves or even tea bags. Just flesh the hide and soak it with the tannin-containing material. When a small cut on the edge...
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Actually, I am interested in brain tanning it, because it's kinda a first run on the whole experience. Just interested... Does the veggie tan result in a super soft skin, just like brain tanning?
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i aint never done no rabbit before. i've done deer,bobcat, beaver and a passel of coyotes. what has worked for me is i'll alum tan them to set the hair and then brain them to soften. i've never done...
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Thanks Billy. I did find a method on braintan.com. (Didn't know that brain tanning a pelt was on the site before.) I think i'll be using that method. Does anyone know how to preserve just the legs?
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Working the hide or staking it is what makes it soft, whatever method you use.
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wild rabbits skins are so thin.... I would imagine that just rubbing brains in it..perhapes presmoking it ..dampening it with brains again and then gently stretching with your hands every which...
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Awesome info, Quills. I did try fleshing the skin, and tore a few holes in it already. It's super thin. I didn't get all of the membrane off due to the tearing, but I went ahead and put the brains on...
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quills,on boraxing the deer legs for gun racks. how do you do that exactly. i have used borax on beaver tails before but never thought about it for the deer legs. i tried to make a deer leg gun rack...
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I just bend them tie them so they are a right angle . cut off the leg bone straight above the joint and dig out what marrow I can easily get from the upper leg bone..and fill the hole with borax and...
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thanks for the advice quills. i keep borax around and i have kept all the legs off the deer i have skint this year. close to 20. everyone that knows me and hunt have me on there speed dial during...
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So I rubbed the brain solution into the skin, let it dry, rubbed it in again, and this morning it was still moist. So I started stretching it, but I ended up just tearing it more. I think the skin was...
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I just checked on the skin and feels like brittle paper. Even the areas that i did stretch a bit feel like the the rest of the pelt. Any ideas on what to do with it? Either as of reviving the skin, or...
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