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Deer Hides

Hey guys/gals

I came across your web site during a search to purchase deerhides. I live in Virginia and thought about doing it myself, but found it was something that lets say was way over my head. :confused:So wanted to know if anyone on your site would know of a place where I could purchase one. I would like to hang it on my wall. Doesn't have to be in a frame. I prefer it be natural. We have whitetail deer here. Any ideas ? Thanks
 
deer hide for sale?

diamon, I dont THINK it is legal to sell or purchase wild game or parts of game. At least in Virginia anyway.

old e-bear
 
Unless Virginia has some weird laws that most states don't it is perfectly legal to purchase tanned hides. Some states, like Florida, do not allow certain hides from other states that have not been tanned due to diseases like Chronic Wasting disease but already tanned hides don't apply. Feel free to email me and I can send you some pictures of hides that we have for sale. There's only a few in stock right now since we are busy with customers hides but I have atleast 30 to still tan that we will be selling off. FLhidetan@aol.com
 
how about kits for tanning your own hides. I got a few that I have dried and a few in the freezer that I need to getaroun2. Havent ever messed with it. I have keep a few , dried them on a board with salt and hung them on the wall. makes a nice wall piece but,, really stiff. As for brains, I usually headshot the deer anyhow so brains are not an option.
 
When we first got into tanning, we started brain tanning. It didn't take but 2 and decided there was no way between the smell and the outcome. We also tried different kits but nothing ever came out consistent. Some you will be very happy with but others you'll want to throw them away.
 
Glad to see this thread. My taxidermist charges me $60.00 or so for a hair off hide tanned. She sends them off somewhere and it always takes until the next season to get them back. I always wondered about the time and money and see that both are justified...J.R.
 
If you are interested in tanning your own, I recommend a copy of FoxFire 3. There are recipes for several methods and a good explanation of how to prep the skin.

I use the soda-alum method and find it rather simple. It does take a little work and careful attention, though.

Pops
 
bringing it up to date

Pretty poor "soft tan". Be careful about sending a hide to this company. They claim soft tan but, hard tanned at best. Very poor quality on my wifes piebald hide.
 
not sebring

I dont know anything about Sebring Custom Tanning. I do know that "Size Doesnt Matter Hide Tannery" promised soft tan, accepted my money then delivered a POOR quality hard tanned hide. I wish I had listened to Simon Kenton and sent the hide to Sebring.
Live and learn.
 
OK, glad to get that straightened out.
As I have said, I have gotten 20 hides tanned by Sebring in 20 years, nothing but good results.
I don't know the difference between soft tan and hard tan.
All my hides from Sebring have soft leather, like you would use to make a coat with.
Hair on only.
 
Now you guys have me worried................

Have a hide off a very nice boar that should be coming back from them in a week or two. And a friend sent them a cow hide......yes a cow hide. And yes he shot it while hunting. And yes it was legal.

I'll post here when I see what comes back. I've got two hog hides here that were done by two different tanneries. Neither one is really "soft" but one of them is done far better than the other.

The nicer one is softer, though not as soft as a deer hide we have, and it's not at all greesie while the other one is stiffer and has a sort of sticky greesieness to it. Neither one looks bad and the hair is firmly attached to both. The softer one smells different, more like regular leather, but the other one does not smell bad, just different.

I'll post a review.....................

And lord I hope that cow hide turns out good because I told him about these folks and he shipped it all the way from Boston!!!!
 
Interesting thread! I may request that the next cow we slaughter that the hide be set aside for me to have it tanned. If any of you have photos of your hides after you have them processed and displayed please post them.
 
Sebring Custom Tanning

I just picked up my hides (3) from Sebring Custom Tanning in Sebring Florida and I am very pleased. I dropped off 2 very large cow hides and a much smaller deer hide nearly 10 months ago. I called several times to check on them but they weren't ready yet. It took a couple of days, but they returned my phone calls eventually, if only to tell me they weren't ready yet. I think you just have to be patient. They will get it done. My hides were all "hair on". The fur finished very soft and the hide side was also soft and supple. They were well worth the wait.

No exageration, they must have 10,000 hides of every thing imaginable, gator, elk, moose, caribou, deer, exotics from Africa (stuff I didn't know). I'm told by other people, they are the only commercial "hair on" tanner in the world. Must be true, because internet search doesn't turn up any other names that do "hair on".

I don't make many recommendations, but I feel safe recommending them. I'll definitely use them again.
 
They ain't the only one in the world nor even florida for that matter...:rolleyes:
Size Doesn't Matter Tannery here in Fl
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Posted in a thread regarding a hair on hog hide that was tanned...
Brent
 
Thanks for that report, Dixie.
I didn't know that Sebring tanned anything other than deer hides.
I would like to take a tour of the tannery. It is at the old Sebring race track, right?

Like I have said, Sebring will do a good job for you, and cheap, you just have to wait 10 months.
 
I dug this up because I have a hide I want tanned.
I called the number given for Sebring and got through immediately. Spoke to a woman who seemed pretty knowledgeable. She certainly was not a poorly trained receptionist or such you run into some places. She was able to answer all my questions without any problems.
Told me up front it is a 10 month wait, which is a little inconvenient since i don't know where I will be in 10 months, but I will just have to have my parents hang on to it or something.

$25+return shipping.
 
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