Processing Deer Tails for Jig Tying
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2023
- The steps I take after salting my deer tails and getting them ready for dyeing & tying. Future videos will show de-boning and salting the tails, and dyeing the hair.
Website: JayWirthhandtied.com
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Excellent video. I have never seen that many buck tails. I did walk away with an excellent idea for the group of guys I hunt with. That will be nice to see if those guys I bow hunt with will help me gather a few of the tails from deer camp this fall. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Nicely done sir. and I appreaicet you taking the time to make this video and I hope you have a blessed week.
Dale
Jay once I was mine with dawn I use strong clamps and clamp to a long 2x6. I use a preasure washer to remove fat and unwanted debris. I don't hold the nozzle close because it will destroy the tail. Basically, it was a trial and error on the distance. I use only borax. I then hang mine on one of those collapsible clothes drying racks. I can dry around 125 at a time. That way you save time from flipping them. Cuts the drying time in half. Really good video Jay. Great Instruction.
Great video Jay! Looking forward to the part where you dye the tails
Just found your video. I processed deer tails similarly using both salt and borax. I know from experience that boning the tails is sometimes a chore on smaller deer. I seen the tips on the tails tear off as you shared.
For guys that never skinned or boned a deer, I can imagine the challenges. Thanks for this demonstration video!
Thanks Ed, I'm glad you liked the video.
Thanks for sharing this, I'm just trying my hand at this for the first time and learned a lot. Glad to see other people with a similar shop to mine(super organized and full) 😅
I find this fascinating
I’m a city boy 100%
So I’ve never seen this done. Very good video
Look forward to the entire series
Nice video Jay. Great tails for inline musky bucktails. Looking forward to your dying video. Take care
Working on my first 12 dyed
I really like borax over salt.
Borax really penetrates the skin and pulls and holds the oils and I always Flesh the tails thoroughly so there’s no fat meat or extra skin that would cause a problem.
Plus you only need enough borax to cover and overlap the skin at about an inch thick.
In 2020 I bought six tails that were supposed to be extra long hair in an olive color from Jan‘s net craft and when I got them the hair was slipping and they stunk horribly and Jan‘s wouldn’t take them back 😡
So that will be the last time I ever buy tales from them and like I said they were supposed to be extra long because I had a special order for some musky Lures and I was hoping that I would find something that I didn’t have but it turns out they were shorter lol and rotten.
I also wash my tails right after I flesh them so to get rid of possible blood, mud and comb them for burs, then I Thumbtack them through the skin, skin side up flat to a board which is probably overkill but I hate it when the leather curls and it makes for a nice flat fur Side and it’s nice to choose a spot to cut from that’s flat and not rounded that’s making the hair flare.
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Looking forward to doing my own buck tails . Any info would be appreciate it . 👍🏻
Purchased some tails online, but they smell. If i just wash them, will that get rid of a majority of the smell, or do I need to use the borax and salt on them? Any help would be appreciated. Very informative video!
Stephen Im glad you liked the video. This depends on what the odor is from. I get some special tails from a guy in Canada that come with an odd smell (not salt, not borax but weird to me) that I just give a quick wash with dawn dish soap, rinse, hang on a line in basement 2-3 days till dry and they are perfect. I have also have purchased some online, supposedly processed and dry, still covered with poo with dried fat, and of course smell. These I rinse & comb out, scrape where needed, wash with dish soap, and lightly salt for 2-3 weeks.
thank you, i'll give it a try!@@JayIsOutdoorsy