frames for hides

[Blacktail]

i was wondering if any one knows how big of a frame would be good for both deer and elk...i will be using 2x4 and just screwing the end together.thanks john

[madcrow]

I am guessing 10 by 10.  I would bore holes a few inches apart and use bolts so it could be easily adjusted.  I have never done elk, but most of my deer work in a 6 by 8 frame with plen ty of stretch room

[jamie]

elk is big. i did a moose hide and used two trees with 11 foot saplings tied betwenn them.

[bowmunky13]

i have only donr elk once... and it waws a big one.... i used two 16 foot 4x4's buired three feet in the ground with two 2x4s as cross beams with adjustable bolts and holes for different sizes.... if you bore holes every two or three inches on the verticles you can use different size cross members to stretch more than one skin at a time