Modern Trapping Series Part 26 Prepping the hide for Tanning

[@Iasco92]

Love these video's I have learned so much. I can watch them all day

[@88GTW]

can't wait for the new traps you're gonna use when hunting season for small animals like this is opened again!

[@OpaKnows]

Really enjoying this series, Dave. Learning a lot. Please keep them coming.

[@Mstull68]

These are the videos I've been waiting for. Great job Dave, thanks.

[@nerblebun]

Now this is something I'm very interested about. Tanning hides. Using as many parts of the deceased animal as possible is important to me. I think it not only aids in self sustainability, but shows respect for the critter who gave it's life.

[@NFT2]

Dave I'm not sure what the original comment said but let me tell you I live in the city and I wouldn't have the faintest idea of what to do with an animal carcass whether it be for skinning or for eating if it wasn't for your videos- and that doesn't even scratch the surface of what I've learned from you. Thanks again- you are the (common) man.

[@TheMrZanshin]

Thank you for all that you share!

[@robvinhar4073]

what can I use if I'm out in the field and don't have salt?

[@OutdoorJunkie1992]

You tell him brother. Gotta love fellow Ohioans :) I wish I could move a little further South in Ohio but work is keeping me in the NE. If I could quit my job and do what you do I would in a heartbeat brother. Keep up the great work.

[@jorgamund07]

Dave, have I understood the sequence correctly? kill->skin->fleshing/scraping->salt stretch the hide->dry for 24 hours scrape salt->re-salt->dry another 24 hours scrape salt->soak->re-stretch->dry out tanning, and whatever else comes in the next video Your instructions are great, just making sure I didn't miss anything!

[@EatCarbs]

Thanks for the great video Dave.. Very interesting.

[@vaporman81]

A bit off subject, but would love to see the setup you have for raising rabbits for food/fur. Love all your vids and the time to spend passing on knowledge for free that so many charge money for. Hoping to have money for a trip to your school next year, so stay healthy, and keep it real bro.

[@zombietinder]

Dave, can this same process be used on dear and elk or the bigger ungulates, as well as the fir bearing predator groups such as Gouger & coyote. Thanks, great vid! I've been wanting to learn the tanning process for quite some time! Keep them coming!

[@N3VIUS]

Great DIY video thanks for sharing

[@redneckdigital2432]

Dave correct me if I am wrong, But i think you can also use mayonnaise and eggs.

[@elpadrino1024]

Hey Dave, could you save and reuse the salt that you are scraping off the hide? Multiple uses?

[@gon2westexas]

To conserve resources, could the scraped salt be used on other hides or as part of the salt water solution?

[@cuylarHD]

Speaking in terms of self-reliance, how would one come across salt if they aren't buying from the stores.... I get on the coastline from the ocean but in the center of the country... where do we get it to do this? Or can we use something else?

[@Shannon_Lacey]

I wondered that as well ccrislip1. I know that salt is mined in the earth, but I wonder if there is either salt above ground in larger boulders (cause salt dissolves), or is naturally occurring by some other source? So I wonder what the native Americans did for salt, cause if nothing else, they have to have electrolytes in their diets.

[@nothingsleftanymore]

Hey Dave I have bags of rock salt for my drive way do you if i stretched out a hide like that and buried in the rock salt in a bin would that do the trick?

[@zonders2167]

If no salt was available, could the salting process be skipped, or replaced in some way? As if you we in a long term self-reliance situation.

[@YaddaYaddaWarden]

I was wondering what would keep the fur from slipping when it was soaked in salt water. From your reply to PossumSquasher it sounds like the original salting made it such that the fur won't slip from the salt water soaking. Am I right?

[@jessehudler7877]

hey dave what do you think you will make out of the hide, the one I got I'm turning it into an arrow quiver if I can thanks for all the good tips.

[@millster101]

I know this sounds dumb, but what type of salt did you use? I enjoy cooking and making my own jerky, sausages, brats. When doing this I found out that there is many types of salt for different uses.

[@saltydogsays]

That's a fine lookin' dutch oven you've got there Dave !!

[@nerblebun]

You tan the hide so it can be used for many different things, like clothes, pouches, or quivers and will last for years.In most places if you don't tan the hide, it rots and stinks to high heaven. I've seen hides in the desert, where it's very arid, get hard as a rock and become unusable.

[@AdamActions]

what if you were in the woods without salt? what could you use?

[@TiaraTheTerrible]

Enjoying this.

[@CarlosPortoPhotography]

Great tip.

[@momkatmax]

Wonder if they used wood ash?

[@fredfreiberger7878]

wish i had the bucks and time to come to all your classes i will keep saving my pennies at least it is a start

[@TBOR101]

Is there a book Tannin for Dummys, Why do you salt the hide?... then rehydrate...salt it... only to rehydrate it again in a solution. If you could, for us trapping newbies, explain what the process is actually doin to the hide. I do like your common man approach, Table salt, Dawn soap are among the things that are left on grocery shelves long after the milk and bread are gone.

[@ZloSwe]

Does it need to hang cool or can it hang warm and dry?

[@Ghillieman2011]

if you boil salt water as water evaporates.....what is left behind is massive quantities of salt.

[@Fudoh1]

I always thought, salt would be very aggressive on knifes, especially on carbon steel blades

[@Mr_Green892]

In a situation where salt is unavailable, what can be substituted?

[@samanthacarter27]

What is the purpose of salting the hide? Is it to dry the hide out?

[@Jaybird196]

What is the function of tanning a hide? Is it preservative? Ornamental?

[@cymek11]

Is this going to be a full fur hide or a a leather-like with no fur?

[@chrluc]

I missed a part, do you just put the salt on dry initially? or is it a paste?

[@jwingler36]

Dave, Can this be used to tan deer skins also

[@donnya1000]

Fascinating!

[@d0nt5h00t]

how much salt did you add to the water befor you soaked the hide?

[@nikkeel5748]

A simple question. What's your point of view on safety when cleaning an animal? I've read a few places that I should wear gloves to prevent all kinds of shit, but I see you, a seasoned vet, going bare. I did search your channel for an answer before asking, but you have quite a few videos lol.

[@Freki1000]

Do you need to salt the hide?

[@graves1966]

is there any way around using salt? like if you have no salt avaliable??

[@jovotron]

Do i haft to have salt to make a hide usable or dose the salt help it dry fastsr ? Forgive me if you said the reason .

[@SpiritofWildWings]

You can also smoke tan them.

[@NWoutdoorProductions]

how much salt do u use in the salt bath

[@NWoutdoorProductions]

is there a way to make a tan solution other than brain tanning

[@brandon10255]

What is the point of the salting processes?

[@jeremiahprice7947]

dave how do u get the hide soft and not stiff

[@TiaraTheTerrible]

What kind of tan are you planning on doing with that hide?

[@Dezerado]

Boiling Ocean water maybe? ... not sure ... first thing that comes to mind

[@71robuk]

dave, just out of interest do you know how the early trapperscured the hides. I guess they never had salt

[@kumbackquatsta]

how much salt in the water? ratio?

[@TheModernLonghunter]

Are you going to tan it with the hair on?

[@AnnuMakt]

One way to procure salt is to boil sea water.

[@warfaire245]

the proper thing to use is non iodine salt when doing furs

[@Hashishin13]

Evaporated ocean water maybe?

[@clintjackson5207]

What is a primitive way to tan a hide without a special solution being used?

[@Atkrdu]

What does set the hair mean?

[@reddanty]

that salt cant be used in other animal ?

[@ccrislip1]

How did the native Americans procure salt, pre-colonization, for tanning their hides?

[@BananaBoat629]

when are you going to trap the beavers?

[@ArtisanTony]

Cool!

[@busenitzsucks]

Browns or Bengals?

[@Shannon_Lacey]

Looks kinda like a Christmas tree ornament.

[@mogges1]

Gee thank Dave your all Romney

[@bosephusthebruce]

How did native americans normally tan? or even trappers? I wouldnt imagine they would have as much salt if any.

[@wildreliance]

Dave, did you eat him or throw him in the carcass area? LOL

[@hebrews412alan]

That wall by the fire is very nessmuk like

[@Ali.N147]

opossum

[@mogges1]

LOL got ya Dave

[@mogges1]

Pls except my apologies.publicly

[@graysmoke89]

opossum skin hat you mean lol.

[@Razorice]

woho, im first to comment :)

[@jeremiahprice7947]

dave how do u get the hide soft and not stiff mine always come out stiff