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Sent-In: Items Shipped To Us
Select Hides for Hair-On Tanning:We are interested in a limited quantity of deer hides for hair on tanning. They can be white-tail deer, mule deer, or blacktail deer. We can also use domestic axis deer or anything domestic with spots.
They must have complete tails, complete necks, and cannot have more than two to three nickel size holes. No slippage or drag marks are allowed. They cannot be cut in a manner that will make them misshapen.
We are especially not interested in hides that have been cut in such a way that the brisket area is attached to the front of the anterior legs rather than being along the edge to the rear of the anterior legs.
You can either flesh, tack out, and dry these hides or you can flesh, salt, and cure them before shipping.
Every year we are contacted by dealers with piles of typical leather hides to sell. These are not the hides we are looking for. Please note that hides that are collected and then salted without being fleshed will most likely have multiple slip spots when tanned hair on. This is because the hide actually taints under the fat and meat before it cures.
Hair on quality hides must be fleshed down completely and carefully when fresh, have the bone removed from the tail, and be salted with good medium or fine grain kiln dried salt. Every inch of the hide must be salted with particular attention to the edges and the tail.
Prices:
55-60" long plus tail: #1 quality $25.00, very slightly damaged $20
50-55" long plus tail: #1 quality $20, very slightly damaged $15.00
45-50" long plus tail: #1 quality $15.00, very slightly damaged $10.00
Once we establish a working relationship with you and assure the quality of your product, we will have you ship them direct to the tannery and we will refund your freight charges.
Make sure you can sell deer hides from your state. We will buy hides from any state where it is legal to sell them and only legally taken deer hides.
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At-The-Door: Items Brought to Our Warehouse
Capes:We want your capes. However, we buy only #1 capes. Prices based on market conditions at time of sale. No WT capes under 17" wanted. Damaged capes do not sell and we will not buy them. We will not pay anything for them, so do not keep them for us. Also we will buy only fresh capes. If you cannot get your cape to us fresh, do not bring it at all, as we will not buy it. In warm weather that means the same day you kill it.
Often, the hairs are broken in the brisket area on breeding bucks. There may be small area (spots) of broken hairs on the sides of the briskets, or on the brisket itself. These capes have no value.
Legs:Adult: $0.25 each
Fawns: $0.10 each.
Select Hides for Hair-On Tanning:These must be fresh, should have tails and necks attached, and cannot be mis-shapen. They cannot have drag marks or have multiple cuts or holes. They cannot be sour or salted.
Must have complete neck cut close to ears, no feet, head, larger sizes, #1 quality $5 -$10
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