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<blockquote data-quote="bigbluegrass" data-source="post: 1759154" data-attributes="member: 15537"><p>When I was a teen boy I tanned several cow hides for my Dad and an elk hide for my Uncle. I did the cow hides without hair and the elk hides with hair. I did several coyotes, fox, bobcat, mink and other animals first. I ordered supplies from Van Dykes. I looked at their site, but can't find the kit I used for the cows. I thought it had chromium in it. They do have this now, which seems interesting and like it might work on a cow hide (might want to order a few kits for a cow hide): <a href="https://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/DSKD-P11377.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/DSKD-P11377.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>Most of the steps given by [USER=42731]@50/50Farms[/USER] are the same as I used. The solution is different, but there are many ways to tan a hide. The solution I used was water based. I used a stock tank to tan the hides. Then drug them out onto the stretching rack - which was mostly made of plywood. The hides get really heavy and hard to work with when wet - so tan them where you want to dry and stretch or have a way to get a loader tractor in there. After stretching and drying, I found oiling and "breaking" them over a board fence worked pretty well. Get someone to help and pull it back and forth. I am sure there are better ways, but I was working with what I had access to<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigbluegrass, post: 1759154, member: 15537"] When I was a teen boy I tanned several cow hides for my Dad and an elk hide for my Uncle. I did the cow hides without hair and the elk hides with hair. I did several coyotes, fox, bobcat, mink and other animals first. I ordered supplies from Van Dykes. I looked at their site, but can't find the kit I used for the cows. I thought it had chromium in it. They do have this now, which seems interesting and like it might work on a cow hide (might want to order a few kits for a cow hide): [URL]https://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/DSKD-P11377.aspx[/URL] Most of the steps given by [USER=42731]@50/50Farms[/USER] are the same as I used. The solution is different, but there are many ways to tan a hide. The solution I used was water based. I used a stock tank to tan the hides. Then drug them out onto the stretching rack - which was mostly made of plywood. The hides get really heavy and hard to work with when wet - so tan them where you want to dry and stretch or have a way to get a loader tractor in there. After stretching and drying, I found oiling and "breaking" them over a board fence worked pretty well. Get someone to help and pull it back and forth. I am sure there are better ways, but I was working with what I had access to;) [/QUOTE]
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