we use the alps mountaineering tent and have been real happy with it. I know its not the lightest, but if you split it between ya or have the other carry some extra water its not too bad. We usually camp for 3 days, so once you get to camp, your day pack is pretty light.
I work at a taxidermy shop and for the older mounts we dry clean them. The new mounts we shampoo them. When they tan the hide they use an acid to pickle the hide and then they neutralize it, and then put it in the tan. Over time they acid rot. If you soak a hide or mount that is acid rotted it...
I would go higher than ten feet. We run an elk ranch and hang the lowest part at 12 feet. we have watched a grizzly stand up and pull the hind quarters down. If it was me I would hang it a few hundred yards from where I was sleeping and put the electric fence around camp.
Denatured Alcohol will do the same thing. you apply is on the hair side. Make sure you apply it around the eyes and tear duct and on any blood, also apply it on the back of the ears. Those are the first places the hair will start to slip. Also get it down to the base of the hairs. You are trying...