snake skins

[kdub]

Well I skinned my first snake today.  Its a diamondback watersnake.  I Shot it in the nick when bowfishng.  I skinned it, salted it, and nailed it up.  Its pattern is dark, but it still looks pretty, it should make a good hat band.   Did I do it right, by salting it and pinning it up? sorry no pics yet. 
-kdub

[DanaM]

don't think ya need to salt it, scrape it clean and pin it to a board flesh side out, let dry.
I doubt if the salt hurt any thing either

[El Destructo]

Naw that salt wont hurt a thing...but if you just do a good job of Scraping them....and tack them down good....thats all you really need to do to a Snake

[Pappy]

Salt won't hurt it,but I have found over the years it ant nessary. I don't even tack them up anymore.I just lay them out flat and when they are almost dry put them under a flat board and let the finish drying,and that is all there is to it.O ya and keep them away from Sadie and Hanna,they think they tast good.

 Pappy
 

[El Destructo]

Yep...I had my Basenji's using one as a Tuggy Toy one day....they thought it was better tasting than da Rawhide Chewwies!!

[kdub]

thanks yall. The skin came of really easy, I was just able to peel it back without very much cutting.  The only part that gave me difficulty was  when i reached the abdominal slit, man that stunk!

[Hillbilly]

Yep, there are definitely things that smell better than snake guts. 

[Pat B]

Be sure you remove all of the salt before you use the skin. It will attract and hold moisture which will eventually cause the skin to start deteriorate(stink). You should probably soak it in water then rinse and repeat a few times to be sure the salt is out.      Pat

[El Destructo]

Yep, there are definitely things that smell better than snake guts. 

Hey a Snake dont hold  a Candle to a Duck or a Turkey when it comes to Gut Stench....c/mon!!!

[Coo-wah-chobee]

Yep, there are definitely things that smell better than snake guts. 

Hey a Snake dont hold  a Candle to a Duck or a Turkey when it comes to Gut Stench....c/mon!!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ya mean ya dont put that stuff in soup ? ......bob

[El Destructo]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ya mean ya dont put that stuff in soup ? ......bob

                                                            EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
                                                                                           

[kdub]

  lol

[Justin Snyder]

Waste not want not, right Bob.  You fellers ain't ever really been hungry or you wouldn't say eeewwww to anything.  I do recommend you rinse it out first though.  Maybe that is why there was plentiful game before the white man showed up on this continent.  The Indian ate what he killed and the white man ate what he wanted.  Justin

[Hillbilly]

Never tried the guts, but I've eaten snake-on-a-stick-over-the-fire. 

[TRACY]

Yeah ,my 2yr old yellow lab scarfed down two dried rattlesnake skins in the blink of an eye. Walked away from the bench to get something and came back to put them on a bow and they were gone. She didn't have a bowel movement for days, serves her right.