Post by 3balls on Mar 23, 2008 21:45:00 GMT -5
There won't be a DVD and I won't wright a book. I'm not going to dog out any other way of tanning. I tan because I like too. not for glory, money or fame. I have only brain tanned about 150 hides in 7 years, all missouri white tail. before I get started I would like to thank some of the people that has helped and taught me. Matt Richard, Billy Metclf, the Dinsmors, PA Skinner, Richard Blackman, Bob K., Jim Riggs, Melvin Beattie, and Queen Diva Paulette. so now let me get started. first go out and set in the woods and wait for a deer to come by this can take any were from 15 min. to 15 days, but shoot the deer, be sure to thank the deer and the spirts for allowing this. then take it home and skin it. put it on the beam and give it a good scraping get all the meat and fat off. then mix up a 1/4 cup KOH with about 15 gallon water let it soak for about 4 days stir it a few times each day, go out and get a case of beer. drink one and make a fire, take hide back to the beam remove hair and grain, have another beer and smoke peace pipe. remove all hair and grain. after that put it in water to rinse put a little vinager in to help it out, the next day lace it in a fram, drink a beer. I use a boat paddle to work the water out and stretch the hide. don't let the hide dry all the way, drink a few more beers smoke peace pipe, then mix your brains, a pound of brains to about 2 gallon water, now here's my secret. put the hide in the brains then pour a beer in with it. budwieser works best but for the louisiana rednecks PBR will work. hehe. work it around for a little while then ring it out by hand, drink more beer, put it back in the fram and start softing till dry then soften some more. now go make a fire in your smoker or smoke hole what ever you use, drink beer and smoke peace pipe till you got a good bed of coals. staple hide around edge to make a bag looking thing tie rope on top of hide, throw rope over tree limb step in fire hole burn foot. yell for wife to come help. drink more beer, when you wake up in the morning she'll have a nice smoked hide. I won't push my Legendary method on any body, it works for me. I have fun, my hides are soft