There are many ways to preserve a deer hide ( or any hide for that matter) Many believe that there are advantages to both traditional methods of freezing deer hides as well as salting them. Because there are advantages to both, such as saving space in a freezer,we will give you the opportunity to make you own choice on which way to preserve your deer hide by giving you step by step directions for freezing deer hides as well as step by step directions for salting deer hides.