Tanning School
High Desert Sportsmans Enterprise,LLC
Taxidermist We are offering a Commerical Tanning School Learn to Tan your own customers
hides and capes. We will teach you the proper techniques of a Commerical Tannery
to give minimal shrinkage and maximum stretch.
Our facility is approximately 5,000 Sq. Ft. Our spacious work area houses bird fleshers, advanced fleshing machines, tumblers,
up to date tanning tools, lecture area and video viewing station. Even though we feel video is not an efficient way of learning it
has its place in aiding you on new and upcoming techniques. We are 100% wheel chair accessible. We have a nice indoor break
area as well as a nice outdoor break area with a beautiful view of Paulina Peaks. Each student will get a complete understanding
of the tanning and how a commercial tannery operates. All students will tan all there specimens using the state of the art method
that we use every day in the commercial tannery. We tan thousands of capes, hides and furs for taxidermists all over the
nation and you will know the tannery inside and out upon graduation.
This Tannery School is a True Step by Step Couse Taught with a lot of Detail.
Tanning School Cirriculum:
** All Specimen Will Be Provided**
- Pickling Specimen Required for Graduation
- Washing, Relaxing
- Shaving (1) Racoon (1) Beaver
- Tanning
- Tumbling (1) Fox (1) Mink
- Oiling
- Drumming (1) Ermine (1) Antelope Cape
- Sanding
- Finishing (1) Deer Cape (1) Deer Hide
- How to build equipment
- Business (1) Elk Cape (1) Elk Hide
Tanning Methods (1) Buffalo
Lutan - F *Other specimen are available at students cost.*
Curing
Types of Tans
- Wet Tanning vs. Dry Tanning
- Equipment building (wet wheels, sanders, shavers, degreasers, tumblers, and staking machine)
Tuition: $2995.00 with a $500 dollar deposit required (non refundable)
Our Tanning School *All Specimen Will Be Provided for Students to take with them*
There are other exotic specimen available at students cost.
Due to the Oregon State Laws we are not able to buy or sell bears and cougar. But through
our Commercial Tannery we will go through these animals extensively.
We will also teach how to build and obtain all the necessary tools and equipment.
No Tools Or Materials Needed. We will provid you with everything you will need.
*With one exception of Rubber Boots*