NZ Hunter

SKIN TANNING WHAT'S INVOLVED?

How do you preserve it so you can enjoy its presence over a glass of red by the fire?

We are lucky enough to have such a variety of game in New Zealand, and a skin as a floor rug or a wall piece really is a large part of the “trophy”. Winter coats and summer coats can look awesome depending on the time of the year, everything from tahr and chamois to Red, Sika or Fallow deer, you name it.

Dan Dawson from Animal Skin Tanning Services is the guy you need to talk to, with a passion and interest in hunting in skins that has spanned many years he’s the guy that can make that skin last and

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