just fleshed my first bear skin.. questions..

[TheN3wguy]

hi, I just fleshed my first bear skin and I had a few questions

1) what would be best used to sew holes in the hide?

I'm planning on stretching the hide and then salting it, is this the proper thing to do?

it's just going to be a wall hang for my house or I may get it tanned, I have it folded up in the fridge now until tomorrow when I can build a stretcher

ty in advance for any information