Tanning hides and furs is a valuable skill to learn, not just for the hunter or trapper, but for anyone looking for a way to responsibly put to use the hides normally discarded. Even for those who may ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, our guests discuss preserving animal hides for use. In Part 1 we discuss keeping the fur-on process. In Part 2 we continue the conversation to discuss ...

Eighth-grade teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates removing membrane and fat from an elk hide as part of the tanning and curing process in his class at Kalispell Middle School on Nov. 20. (Casey Kreider ...

The wooden box outside the Department of Natural Resources office is piled high with frozen carcasses. They are red and lean and sinewy. In the January dusk, they look as if they could be furless ...

Trappers are often asked what do they do with the furs they catch. Some skins are tanned for wall hangings, garments and other fur novelties, but the majority of pelts harvested in North America end ...

Trapping is an age-old enterprise. Who really knows when the first trapper came on the scene? Likely it was some dude who needed fur to keep him warm, but couldn’t get quite close enough to that saber ...