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Tanning Bobcat, Fox, Coyote
These are basic instructions for tanning fox, bobcat, and coyote sized skins. Five days
should be plenty of time to tan but use your discretion.

Basic Instructions:
  • In a plastic 5-gallon bucket, dissolve two pounds of table salt and a small jar of
    alum in about two gallons of warm water.  Top off with two more gallons of water
    once it's throughly dissolved.
  • Place the skin into the solution, and stir it around to get it really soaked.  You
    want to ensure that the solution gets to all parts of the skin.  
  • The skin will float to the surface
  • Stir several times a day for 3 to 5 days.
  • Remove the skin from the solution and rinse thoroughly.
  • Use plenty of water to rinse all the salt out.
  • Lay the skin out to dry.  Laying it on a chicken wire frame will help drain and air
    out  the skin.
Now the real work begins.
  • Before the skin gets potato chip dry. You will want to work it to break up and
    loosen the skin fibers.
  • It is recommended you use a short stick of wood carved to a dull point on one
    end and blade on the other end to break up the fibers.
  • Once loosened up enough to lay it flat, roll up or fold it up to suit you.
  • You're done!
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