pretty good day all around

Nothing to exciting, I wanted to look for another pretty coloured goat skin to tan, this unfortunate chap drew the short straw, nice colouring with a thick mane down the back, saw about 15 in total. The weather was perfect today, after I tipped this fella over I parked up on a ridge for an hour with the Bino's, I saw 3 sows with a dozen suckers mooching down an opposite ridge, and a Stag and Hind feeding about 300 yards away completely unaware of my presence. A very memorable hunt indeed watching animals go about their business on a beautiful sunny day.
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Hey Oneshot nice kill. Thats a really cool looking goat skin. Was wondering whats the process to tan this? i wouldn't mind doing one myself.

cheers mate, I just use the Leder tanning solution, its about as easy as it gets for tanning skins and doesn't cost to much for the solution. This is the last one I did now hanging on the wall in my man cave.
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Looks like some solid timber either side too :D be keen to see those heads and some stories to support them?

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Looks like some solid timber either side too :D be keen to see those heads and some stories to support them?

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Haha that's just a couple of heads I have kept, one is the first Stag I ever shot, and the other is just one that was quite memorable. their not huge heads, not much of a story really just good memories for myself.

Sounds like a pretty fair way to spend a day if you ask me, beats the crap out of having to skin 400 bloody rabbits, oh well, spose its all dollars in the bank. :thumbsup:

@oneshot is the rifle you used one of those new single shot pig guns? cant remember name think it starts with br. mate was looking at one for a bit of fun.

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@oneshot is the rifle you used one of those new single shot pig guns? cant remember name think it starts with br. mate was looking at one for a bit of fun.

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Bergara, you can get them cut down for a pig gun in 44mag. mine is 7mm-08, it does have a very short barrel on it because of the suppressor being right back.

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Bergara, you can get them cut down for a pig gun in 44mag. mine is 7mm-08, it does have a very short barrel on it because of the suppressor being right back.

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Still the standard 17 inches or did you cut more off? Nearly bought one a week or two ago.

Oh wicked @oneshot that sounds easy enough, That one looks cool I like the Symmetry on that 1. Thanks for that now I have to go find somewhere to bowl over a couple goats and get a couple for my man cave! :D

Does the smell come out ?

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Does the smell come out ?

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Not completely at first, I wash the shit out the skins first, the tanning solution will get rid of a lot of stink, it does go after a while, the skins I have now don't smell at all after a few months.

Hay that skin came out okay great job.

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Hay that skin came out okay great job.

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Thanks, it was a bit of a rough job, I could have spent more time pegging it out to get a more symmetrical shape. I used to have about 20 odd goat and deer skins and ended up giving them all away. Just started getting back into tanning in the last year.

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Thanks Rushy, have been a long time reader.

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Thanks Rushy, have been a long time reader.

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I hardly spend any time on here at all. Ha ha ha ha

that's a lie rushy and you know it :thumbsup:

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that's a lie rushy and you know it :thumbsup:

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Nope just had a four day break without being on here

hahaha yea read the threads lol sounded like a good weekend :thumbsup: