if you're going to pick up roadkill make sure that they are not only the first you can go ahead and skin them out and stretch the hide on the board taken it down with little nails cut the bone out of the tales you could either put borax on them or scrape this much fat is possible off the skin before your dry it sometimes after I skin a animal out if it is too dirty I will worship in soapy dishwater rinse it thoroughly and let it dry out make sure you shake the hideout well and then stretch it on a board you will not have any problems if you are going to get deer tales make sure that you cut the bone out then stretch it out you can put borax on it if you like or just let dry.