Can anybody recommend a good tannery to tan deer skins hair off? My local taxidermists suck at this. They charge way too much (tacking their fee onto the tannery fee) and I've gotten skins back that weren't even mine!

Lugnut I know a guy that has been retired from the taxidermy business for a few years now. Jim Rollins is his name. One of the best in the business (imo, which doesn't amount to squat). Try googling "Hinckley Outfitters" or "Rollins Taxidermy". If he won't do the job he'll lead you to the right place. check your pm for his cell number.

Sounds like this thread is more of a bash the taxidermist for trying to make a living. Why would he not charge you his fee and the tannery fee?

Try calling Moyles....see what they charge

Try specialtyleather.com they are located in Iowa as you will see on there web site they only do leather from A to Z in any colors you want.

Moyles does not do hair off tanning.

There used to be several tanneries in the west that would do hair off tanning of game hides. Environmental regulations caused all of them to shut down.

Is Uber Glove still in business??

Thanks!

Uber glove is in business! They are called Century Leather Products by Uber

Thanks for all the recommendations.

Thanks for the contact number jctunnelrat, I'll give him a call.

One thing you should be aware of is that leather tanneries sometimes do not keep individual hides separate. You will get back a Hide that is similar to the one you sent but most likely it will not be YOUR Hide.

I'm not knocking any tannery. Just stating a fact. Keeping individual fur pelts separate is fairly easy. When you are tanning thousands of deer hides, it becomes almost impossible - too time consuming.

If you are set on getting your hides back, be sure to ask about this up front.

That’s why I stopped using my original taxidermist for deer hide tanning. The last time I used him I gave him a large buck skin with two bullet holes in it. I got back a fawn skin with multiple cuts in the hide.

This thread reminds me of this ding-a-ling gal I dated once. She was showing me this tanned deer hide from a deer she got with her crossbow. I said you know there is no broad head hole in this hide. She said they must have fixed it.

I was softening a braintan deer hide at an art show. When you push the softening tool into the hide, it can appear as if you are poking holes, but it's just moisture being moved around. One man watching asked if the holes would heal.
Lol. "No, the deer is dead."

Uber, in mn

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