Cape care?

[USMCret]

Just wondering what some of you experienced successful sheep hunters can comment on cape care. I never seen anyone mentioning caring salt to preserve their capes. How long have you been able to care for a cape without salting to get back out of the mountains and not have slipage? Do you carry salt and if so how much? I know the general answer will be depends on the weather so for you Alaskan august hunters?

 

[S-3 ranch]

“”I packed salt for years and all it did was add weight. Since most sheep hunts are usually not more that a week and if you kill midway you only have a few days before you're back in town. As long as you wash the blood off it, flesh it out properly, and turn everything, and drape it over some brush or out on a rock to keep it cool and let it dry out it will be fine. I've done several like this over the years and never ruined a hide. I do take salt and leave it at base camp where I get picked up but never pack it up on the mountain anymore””