Thread: First deer skin

Pretty proud really. My first fallow skin I've done myself. Not that difficult other than the farkin' rainy Northland winter to try and cure it in.

What method did you use?
You can use a sharp(like new craft knife etc) knife cutting from skin side out so you dont cut hair to trim up the outline to a more natural shape.

I salted it as soon as I skinned it and rolled it up until I got home. Tacked it out and put a shitload of salt on until it dried out. Then chucked it in a fish bin with Leder from Reloaders I think. Followed their instruction from there. Worked really well.

Thanks I'll try trimming up the edges. Note to self: if keeping skin gut etc a bit more evenly.

Hey mate I recently shot a year old fallow and noticed how soft the skin/fur?/hair was and it got me thinking. How soft does it remain after treatment?

Mine feels like tanned leather, funnily enough. You can make the leather softer by breaking the cells, working it on an angular frame but I couldn't be arsed. It'll probably end up a wall hanging. Hair is as soft as say a German Shepherd. Not that I've skinned one.