As you work, the hide will become heavy and do your job for you—just cut the connective tissue to release the hide. If you have the ability, raise the deer as you work to make things easier. One of ...

Elks Lodges across the state of Iowa are participating in the Iowa State Elks Leather Program. Through this, hunters may drop off their donated deer hides at their nearest participating Elks Lodge.

Q. Recently, I saw a blog post you wrote about donating deer hides. Is there any place in the area where a person can take a hide and have it made into gloves or clothing? Or are there any outdoor ...

Learning how to tan a deer hide is a rite of passage, cementing blood ties to our hunting forebearers who depended upon skins for warmth and who respected slain animals by never letting any part go to ...

Before the advent of chemical tanning of hides to make leather, animal skins were subjected to all kinds of strange concoctions to degrease and soften them. Urine, wood ashes, tree bark acid, and even ...

Nationally, Elks Lodges will collect donated hides to create leather gloves for veterans. Here's the impact the Iowa DNR says ...

British leather brand and micro-tannery Billy Tannery has joined forces with legendary Northampton shoemaker Joseph Cheaney & ...