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Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Might sound weird but I am just going on what I learned back in the day.
Back when I was young in the 60's an 80 year old craftsman I knew would soak coyote, wolf and skunk skins in wood ash water to remove the hair. Then he would use those raw skins for hand drum skins. He swore that they made the best drum skins. And he said skunk skins were the most durable skins. The oldtimer's drums sounded great.
So maybe don't burn the hides but make some rawhide with the pelts. The raw hides can be cut into strips and braided into functional lines or used for binding material too.
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Guy as in good friend and worlds best canine trapper used to sell a bunch of yucky flat ugly American coyotes for leather.
But lice and mange kiyutes gots thick skins often and might wreck the drum tones and make for horrible music, worse than they stink!
Told young feller today to take thick matted fricking stinking yucky filth coyote home...
He even suggested burning the skin... without any encouragement... go figure!