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Deer hide isn't as flexible after tanning #8346500 02/19/25 09:54 AM 02/19/25 09:54 AM
Joined: Feb 2025 Posts: 2 OK J JeremyJM OP trapper
JeremyJM OP trapper J Joined: Feb 2025 Posts: 2 OK	Hi all, new to the forum and searched for a similar question but didn't find anything. Here's my story. I have a large deer hide which I tanned with the Orange bottle, hair off. As it was drying I put it on the frame and every day would go out and stretch it with a piece of 1x3 wood that I had laying around. The hide turned nice and white like I expected and as it stretched, I would tighten my strings all the way around. After a couple days of doing this, I pulled the hide off the frame and it's still quite stiff. Can I go back to the stage of rehydrating in a salt bath and do another round of OB tanning oil? Or should I just continue to work it until it's as flexible as I want it? Thanks!

Re: Deer hide isn't as flexible after tanning [Re: JeremyJM] #8346790 02/19/25 03:54 PM 02/19/25 03:54 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,370 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,370 new york	Get your wife or girlfriend to start chewing!

Re: Deer hide isn't as flexible after tanning [Re: JeremyJM] #8346973 02/19/25 08:05 PM 02/19/25 08:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 5,560 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 5,560 Frazee, MN	That's the fun of tanning. Now you get a good work out breaking the hide.

Re: Deer hide isn't as flexible after tanning [Re: mike mason] #8347510 02/20/25 12:27 PM 02/20/25 12:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2025 Posts: 2 OK J JeremyJM OP trapper
JeremyJM OP trapper J Joined: Feb 2025 Posts: 2 OK	Well, my wife is native american and doesn't believe me when I told her that women used to chew the hides to soften them! haha

Re: Deer hide isn't as flexible after tanning [Re: JeremyJM] #8348179 Yesterday at 06:10 AM Yesterday at 06:10 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,370 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,370 new york	Tell her to get back to her roots!

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