You’re not a fur trader, so many of the terms—hide, skin, fur, pelt, and buckskin—used to describe the outer coat of wild game animals may seem interchangeable. (And frankly, a lot of them are.) But ...

Rabbit pelts are in their prime in the cold winter months. Beka Garris During the cold winter months, rabbit hunting is one of my favorite things to do. Especially right after a fresh snow—there’s ...

It’s gun deer hunting season in Wisconsin. Some hunters are not only thinking harvesting the meat, but the hides too. Tanning is top of mind, all the time, for a women-owned business in rural ...

UNION — Few tasks give Michelle Steevens of Union a greater feeling of joy and satisfaction than transforming animal hides into soft, pliable leather products people can use. “It is a labor of love. I ...

THE PLAINS –– At the end of the cul-de-sac sits Talcon Quinn's canary yellow ranch, a home that her grandparents built decades ago. It's quiet and unassuming, and thankfully she has known the ...

How does animal hide become leather? How does animal hide become leather? We still don’t fully understand the chemistry of tanning, but the basic steps are thousands of years old. In this week’s ...

From a homesteader who raises rabbits for both meat and leather, here are the basics of how to tan a rabbit hide. You probably know that tanning (which is also called tawing or pickling) is the ...