If not handled with care, it will injure the skin and metal utensils. The Hides No hides make better gloves or jackets that deer and elk skins. Deer hides are preferred to those from elk for thinner gloves or jackets. Colorado laws now permit hunters to sell their properly tagged hides to dealers, or hunters may secure the finest gloves and jackets for their families by sending hides and measurements to firms which tan and manufacture such articles. Antelope hides are considered less durable than those of deer and elk.
Some hunters use antelope leather for ladies' or dress gloves, however.
All hides should be protected from abrasion resulting from dragging carcasses upon the ground until the hair is rubbed off. Raw hides folded and rolled before they are cool and dry will soon spoil. Cutting is not a haphazard operation. For easy cutting hang the carcass by the hocks or hock tendons. Keep halves well spread while splitting.