Bradsbirds
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I'm currently putting up some coyotes from this year. I originally skinned them and then froze the hides. Am now thawing and then scraping/salting/drying them to eventually send off to a tannery for "wall-hangers" (not taking them to auction/fur buyer etc...) I have been combing them to remove burrs, etc... but have not washed any to remove blood on the hair. I scrape, sew holes, salt and hang to dry inside out. My question is if it's necessary to clean the dried blood off the hair prior to doing all this or will it OK once dry and the tanning will clean everything up?