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How to: Elk Hide Tanning with Hair-on

How to: Elk Hide Tanning with Hair-on

Just before Thanksgiving 2022, I bagged a ~400lb cow elk on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, WY. More context in the full trip report. At my Dad's suggestion, I asked my butcher for the hide, so I could get it tanned. After a few days calling taxidermists, I
By Alex Rienzie Dec 29, 2022
Jackson Hole Elk Hunt

Jackson Hole Elk Hunt

* Fall 2022: bagged a ~400lb cow elk in the National Elk Refuge (Jackson Hole, WY), shortly before Thanksgiving. * Early season snowfall drove earlier migrations from the Nat'l Park / Forest. * 308 Lever Action rifle with copper 150-grain bullets. * Harvested on third day in the field; first day in Area 85 near
By Alex Rienzie Dec 1, 2022

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