>>2910652
never did deer but I do tan sheepskin
there are hundreds of methods out there and I just binged on youtube videos for a few days to get a general idea of the process since I'm a urbanite with no fucking idea about this shit
what I do is:
>skin the sheep (this is the part that requires the most skill or your hide will be full of holes)
>flesh it out using a blunt curved knife (this will add some more holes until you get used to it)
>sew the holes by hand if any
>dry the skin using salt (2/3) + alum (1/3)
>tan it with egg yolks and olive oil
>wash it
and this last step is the worst part by far... sheep wool is dirty as fuck, full of burs, brambles and other shit, and it's also thick as fuck so a normal comb won't work. the lanolin is also kinda greasy so my hands end up like a mechanic's
luckily for you, deers don't have that problem
i have no idea about how to remove the hair tho since I never did leather with them, but I'm sure there's a lot of information out there
just try, you have nothing to lose