Righto...deep breath & try again...
The day i salted it & started this thread, i ended up putting the salted skin in the freezer...
I did notice when folding it up, there was a fair bit of liquid run out the pelt through the bullet hole (entry right flank just behind shoulder-no exit).
The liquid, a pink colour very similar to what people mistake for "blood" that seeps from a rare cooked steak when resting, had run out onto the table & 'wetted' a fair chunk of fur (probably a good 5" patch).
You can see the pink colour under the salt in this pic...
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From memory on a youtube vid a yank did, he mentions the pink colour under the salt on his hides is a bacteria, & he wasnt too worried about it, however im guessing unlike this pelt, his weren't left for 36+hrs before being salted.
Im assuming this is the bacteria that will make the fur slip, so i hold grave fears this pelt is ruined.
This pink colour was not at all on the skin when i pulled it out of the fridge to salt it, so if it is the bacteria, its multiplied at an unbelievable rate once out of the fridge.
I was going to buy a decent tanning kit, but given i may loose the fur, ill do this one the cheap way...
Ive managed to track down this "alum" stuff at bunnings so ill give it a crack.
Its a shame i wasnt better organised with salt, because this fur really is unbelievable to touch...as soft, if not softer than a baby bunny...
And in my tiredness at 2.30am when skinning the mog, ive missed some of the back left leg...
Ah well...see how it goes...
So im going to buy a 20kg bag & container of finer table salt & leave them on each farm from now on...
Cheers
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...