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November 19, 2013
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I’VE RECENTLY CHANGED FROM DP TO USING HQ 5000 ON TANNING DEER HIDES. IF TANNING A SQUIRREL IS THE BEST WAY IN THE MAJORITYS THOUGHTS, DO I GO THOUGH THE SAME STEPS WITH A SQUIRREL AS I DO WHEN TANNING A DEER HIDE.
August 15, 2011
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I usually DP them.
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September 26, 2011
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MountNMan said
I usually DP them.
Same here. It doesn’t hurt to tan them, but we found DP is more then adequate .
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April 7, 2013
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I have done both with an outcome that was about equal. I have both tanned and DP’d squirrels from nearly 20 years ago and both methods have faired about the same. Since this is the case for me, I see no reason to go through the steps and expense of tanning, except that the tanned ones seem to have a cleaner feel and more fluffy fur, which is probably my imagination, and if you use hide paste, you don’t have to worry about having to use one that is compatible with DP, which is really no big deal. If I have a tanning process going on, I’ll throw them in with the other hides. If not, they get DP’d.
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