I don't know, I do it the way I do to promote it drying quickly. Here's what I meant, this is the scale side down after 1 day of drying.
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6935284820_7516649207_z.jpg)
See where I slipped with the box cutter I was using to skin him...and I was trying to be sooooooo careful. Good grief. If you've never skinned a freshly killed snake you just haven't lived...
![Shocked :o](http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
I'm sure he'll go on a bow. I've been holding out for gar skins on my trade bow, but you never know...
George