James Van Lanen, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sep 9, 2016 Sep 9, 2016 FAIRBANKS — Outdoor Editor’s note:The following detailed do-it-yourself account of brain-tanning was previously ...

Avoid putting holes in a hide by tanning hides with salt, and learn how to tan a hide naturally for valuable leather goods to use around the homestead. Every rural carnivore knows that home-raised ...

Craft your own rug and learn sheepskin processing and how to tan a sheepskin at home for handmade DIY décor or gifts ... “to make the hides up into rugs? We’d have those around long after ...