Salting Hides

[mt525]

I am a new to trapping and have caught a few beaver. I round cut the hide and fleshed them. I want to send them in to get tanned and hang them on my wall. If I just salt the hides, will these turn out alright visually? I know the tannery accepts salted hides. I'm just not sure a beaver hide would look right without being stretched. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Taco John]

You stretch them mostly to dry them - which then makes shipping easier. No salt needed.


If you wait till the dead of winter, you can probably ship them raw sans stretching , and frozen- just ship on Monday to put the odds in your favor.

You can fold the heck out of them when dried, also making shipping cheaper.

 

[wytx]

Moyle Mink and Tannery for furs, they are great.
Trapper dried and stretched is fine for them, they do not take frozen hides.
I would put it on a beaver board, round plywood and tack it out round to dry then send it in.
If no board just get it dried, salting is ok too.
Moyle takes salted hides.
Good prices on tanning and nicely done, we have many from Moyle.

 

[Mtbhikernv]

Anyone know of a tannery in central or southern Idaho I can drop an unfleshed/unsalted hide off? If I’m successful, it would be much easier than driving back to Nevada, figuring out how to prep the hide, then sending it back.

 

[Bubblehide]

A properly fleshed and salted hide will last pretty much indefinitely, as long as it it kept dry. Salting also sets the hair. I don't think simply stretching and drying after fleshing is reliable for setting the hair i.e., hair on.