Taxidermists' Source for Wholesale Skull Cleaning & Tanning

Preparation & Shipping of Salted Skins:

  • All salted skins must have all meat, fat and bones removed. Ears, lips, nose and eyes must be split and turned.
  • Use a fine grade salt to salt skins on an incline so that fluids may run off from the skin and not puddle.
  • After 12-24hrs, shake the salt off the skins and reapply new clean salt-you may use a fan to help dry out skins.
  • Before the skins dry, hard-fold skins hair side in and skin side out and store in a cool dry place before shipping.
  • Ship salted skins in cardboard box and not wrapped in plastic.
  • Punch code or tag your skins for your identification.
  • Include this invoice filled out with appropriate information with your shipment.

Preparation & Shipping of Green Frozen Skins:

  • Punch code or tag your skins for your identification.
  • Lay skin out in freezer to cool off after skinning for several hours. Before the skin freezes, completely fold the skin up hair side out / skin to skin and store inside a plastic bag inside your freezer.
  • Wrap several layers of roll out insulation around your frozen skins placed inside a cardboard box or Styrofoam box.
  • Freeze the box and send overnight or next day. Call before shippment!
  • Include this invoice filled out with appropriate information with your shipment.

Conditions of Acceptance:

  • We have no control over the specimens prior to receiving and thus all tanning is accepted at owners' risk.
  • We are not responsible for nor offer any guarantee as final results depend on factors beyond our control.
  • We reserve the right to reject any specimens in case of hair slippage or other defects causing loss of skin value.
  • Clients will be notified of skins with any issues and can decide if further work is to be done.
  • Unclaimed specimens after 60 days of completion will become property of Northern Illinois Skull Cleaning & Tanning