Tanning a gator hide

[flockbuster]

Any of you try it? What did you use and how did it turn out?

[SC Doberman]

Not what you asked, but I sent mine off to American Tanning in Georgia. Did a great job.

[BigBrother]

I admire anyone for attempting it...

However, there are somethings that are best left to professionals.

[Rem11-87]

go to google or yahoo and type in mississippi curing gator hide. One of the searchs will be mississippi wildlife form. where a guy named gatorman goes into detail how to do. It looks really good. I am going to try it this year. i will try to find the link and type it in.


Brett

[Rem11-87]

http://www.mdwfp.com/forums

[Rubberhead*]

Not what you asked, but I sent mine off to American Tanning in Georgia. Did a great job.

If you don't mind sharing; how big and what was the cost?

The thing I want most from a gator is the tanned hide.

[SC Doberman]

If you don't mind sharing; how big and what was the cost?

The thing I want most from a gator is the tanned hide.

The hide I sent was 9ft and was around $325. Their website now says a 10ft hide is around $350.

[lil 2 sleepy]

If you don't mind sharing; how big and what was the cost?

The thing I want most from a gator is the tanned hide.

Some places do it by the foot, others by the circumference around the belly.

I had a 13'6" done last year and it was $700. I could have gotten it done cheaper, but I didn't have to flesh it, which was a huge plus for a 13' gator.

[flockbuster]

Thanks everybody,

Between the four of us in my group with tags, I may end up with 2 or 3 hides and I can't afford to pay to have all of them done so I want to try to do it myself. From reading the links you put up, it looks like a pain in the butt, but I think I will at least attempt it with the smallest and send the biggest somewhere. That's assuming we get more than one.