As a Christmas gift to my boys, I have paid for a spot with a guide in Oklahoma and I am paying for each of them to shoot a wild hog. I will hopefully be harvesting an exotic ram on this same trip. I am unsure which species of ram I will have an opportunity with, however.
Instead of doing a full taxidermy mount or a euro mount with the ram, I am thinking about making a couple of powder horns using the ram horns. But I am unsure of what I can use the hide for. Should I have it tanned hair on or hair off? Would the hide be good for bags, mocs, clothing, or something else? Iam unsure of the thickness of rams hide versus other hides. Is there a better use for the horns that I am overlooking?
As for the two hogs, I plan to get the skulls euro mounted for the boys. But is there any use for their hides? One of my fellow club members said "yeah, make a football". Lol. Would it be a waste of time to have the hides tanned for use in some sort of crafting?
That same club member suggested tanning the rams hide hair on and making a vest out of it. Not a bad idea, but I'm not too sure that would be period correct. I would like to keep whatever crafts I do make with these items somewhat period correct. I tend to lean towards pre 1840, but am open to ideas up to about 1880.
I am new to making my own accouterments having only made one horn thus far, so please shoot me some ideas...
Instead of doing a full taxidermy mount or a euro mount with the ram, I am thinking about making a couple of powder horns using the ram horns. But I am unsure of what I can use the hide for. Should I have it tanned hair on or hair off? Would the hide be good for bags, mocs, clothing, or something else? Iam unsure of the thickness of rams hide versus other hides. Is there a better use for the horns that I am overlooking?
As for the two hogs, I plan to get the skulls euro mounted for the boys. But is there any use for their hides? One of my fellow club members said "yeah, make a football". Lol. Would it be a waste of time to have the hides tanned for use in some sort of crafting?
That same club member suggested tanning the rams hide hair on and making a vest out of it. Not a bad idea, but I'm not too sure that would be period correct. I would like to keep whatever crafts I do make with these items somewhat period correct. I tend to lean towards pre 1840, but am open to ideas up to about 1880.
I am new to making my own accouterments having only made one horn thus far, so please shoot me some ideas...
