This mature whitetail buck was harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke and smoked with Cottonwood.
Labeled and priced as a B+ quality hide only because it doesn’t have the bouncy stretchiness that most finished buckskin has. Like many very old/mature deer hides - this hide is dense and has very little stretch and bounce to it. Beading needle passes through but with a little resistance in certain areas because of the density. I believe the hides from older deer (6-10 year-olds) behave in this way because of years of gradual scar tissue building up. Ideal material for moccasins and suitable for cutting thick water drum rounds.
This mature whitetail buck was harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke and smoked with Cottonwood.
Labeled and priced as a B+ quality hide only because it doesn’t have the bouncy stretchiness that most finished buckskin has. Like many very old/mature deer hides - this hide is dense and has very little stretch and bounce to it. Beading needle passes through but with a little resistance in certain areas because of the density. I believe the hides from older deer (6-10 year-olds) behave in this way because of years of gradual scar tissue building up. Ideal material for moccasins and suitable for cutting thick water drum rounds.
