Learning how to tan a deer hide is a rite of passage, cementing blood ties to our hunting forebearers who depended upon skins for warmth and who respected slain animals by never letting any part go to ...

This article originally ran in the September 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. One of the most valuable parts of a deer is its hide. Unfortunately, thousands of skins are discarded every year because many ...

You’re not a fur trader, so many of the terms—hide, skin, fur, pelt, and buckskin—used to describe the outer coat of wild game animals may seem interchangeable. (And frankly, a lot of them are.) But ...