The first steps are good, Scrape off as much fat/meat and borax (or
salt, but borax seems to do better).
Freeze for a week, let thaw for a week, freeze for a week, let thaw for
a week. Some bugs eggs will survive frozen, but the larva stages will
not. You want to give the eggs enough time to hatch so you can freeze
them again. Birds are notorious for ecoparisites and you don't want
bugs in your other fly tying material.
I usually microwave any wild/roadkill skins. It might damage hair or
feathers a bit, but I'm not willing to get bugs in my supplies.
Carl.
On 12/31/2012 03:54 PM, Steve F wrote:
> So as I see it, be sure to scrape as much meat/fat/sinew out of the
> hides as possible, douse liberally with borax, maybe throw it in the
> freezer for a couple days, and it should be good to go? Or is there a
> curing/drying step that should happen in there as well?
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