Follow by flattening the hide against the wall on one side then the other nailing the outermost points to the wall first so you have a flat hide.
How to hang a deer hide on the wall.
How to hang a deer hide on the wall unless the hide is a designer piece of art you may need to prep the pelt before hanging.
You may have to redo a few nails if the hide starts to buckle or bend.
You would make a large rectangle frame out of tree branches or wood trim and lace the hide to it with leather shoe laces.
I m sure you ve seen bearskin rugs etc same concept.
Puncture the hide from the back 1 in from edge perpendicular to the edge of the wood panel.
Finish off the nailing by dispersing them around the perimeter of the hide to secure to the wall.
Tie off and clip off the end.
Do this every 4 5 or so.
Nail the centre point in to the wall and a couple of top border points making certain the cowhide skin doesn t curl in but is nailed far enough to make sure it hangs well on the wall.
Using a grommet machine designed to cut through leather and either brass or copper grommets carefully install the hardware around the perimeter of the hide about 12 inches apart.
Line up the puncture with the edge of the panel and drill 1 8 hole.
That would look better than gluing it to the plywood and if you needed to break it down and put it away you could not do that with plywood.
One method i have seen taxidermists use on rugs that are ment to hang on the wall sew on small rings to each point where it would need to be supported.
You could use a ring from a key ring or even.
You could just unlace it roll it up and hide it away pull it back out and lace it up again.
Run the tie up through the panel then through the holes in the hide.
It serves as a background sorta speak.
Another option is to glue the whole hide to another piece of material that has been cut a little bit larger then the hide itself and then hang the whole thing.