(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Out in the courtyard of Kalispell Middle School on Wednesday was an unusual sight — deer and elk hides stretched tautly with rope on wooden frames lying fur side ...

This allows the hide to get wet and then remain soft after drying without stretching it again. The end result is a highly coveted brain-tanned buckskin. Small deer skins tanned this way go for $100 a ...

For general processing, stretch out the fresh hide by nailing ... TIM MACWELCH Strips of deer hide and even dried intestines can make surprisingly good string and rope, but when you need more strength ...

Remove the tacks, dampen the hide with a wet cloth, stretch it, then rub it back and forth over a sawhorse. Redampen it and repeat, applying additional fat liquor sparingly. When the tanned deer ...

The six adults and two kids all took turns working the hides, stretching them both by hand. Holding the brain-soaked deer skin, which looked like a wet blanket, students pulled on the hides ...