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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: WhistlingBadger on August 30, 2022, 11:51:26 am

Title: Hair on hides?
Post by: WhistlingBadger on August 30, 2022, 11:51:26 am

Hi, everybody.  I am hoping to kill and elk and possibly a couple of whitetails this year, and would like to use the hides if practical.  I know mule deer and antelope are worthless as hair-on hides because the hair is brittle.  What about elk and whitetails?  Are their hides any good hair-on, or do they have to be made into leather to be useful?  I'd be interested in your experience.

Title: Re: Hair on hides?
Post by: BowEd on August 31, 2022, 07:01:49 am

If your into camping and sleeping on the cool or cold ground hair on hides from deer,elk,moose and caribou work very well to keep a person warm throughout the night.
If using army cots to sleep on placing them on the cot before your bedding will keep the cold away from your back side also.
I went to using willow rod mats and buffalo hides myself.
Good luck with your hunt.