DECEMBER 2016 • NEBRASKAland 5
Hello NEBRASKAland Readers
The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, known as the local
Elks Lodge in most small towns,
is again accepting donated deer
hides from the beginning of the
November firearm deer season
through the end of the January
antlerless deer season.
Donated hides will be shipped
to a tannery to be turned into soft
leather and made into gloves for
veterans who use wheelchairs
or used for craft kits that are
distributed to veterans at Veterans
Affairs Hospitals across the world
as part of the Elks Help a Vet
program.
Before the hides can be
shipped, they have to have all
excess fat, flesh and both heads
and tails removed. Then table or
stock salt must be rubbed into all
fleshy surfaces. Volunteers at the
drop-off locations do most of this
work, but hunters are welcome to
do it themselves before dropping
off the hides. Care must be taken
in the skinning process, however,
as even small holes can result in
the hide being ruined during the
tanning process.
Contact your local Elks Lodge
for more information.
Jeff Sneller
Lincoln Elks Lodge
Mark Deane of Papillion sent us this photo of Ivy Shaw during
a kayaking trip down the Platte River between Eugene T.
Mahoney State Park and Louisville State Recreation Area in
Cass County.
