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.
How to hang a deer hide on the wall.
Start nailing the cowhide skin onto the wall and hold your hands around the cowhide s centre point and gather up the cowhide skin and climb the ladder.
You can either run the wires through the wall or just run them against the wall down to the floor and along the floor to the corner of the room.
Tie off and clip off the end.
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.
You could just unlace it roll it up and hide it away pull it back out and lace it up again.
Do this every 4 5 or so.
Line up the puncture with the edge of the panel and drill 1 8 hole.
Finish off the nailing by dispersing them around the perimeter of the hide to secure to the wall.
I m sure you ve seen bearskin rugs etc same concept.
You would cover the wires that run down the wall with a covering that you can paint the same color as the wall so it stays hidden.
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.
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.
Puncture the hide from the back 1 in from edge perpendicular to the edge of the wood panel.
Run the tie up through the panel then through the holes in the hide.
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.
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.
You could use a ring from a key ring or even.
You may have to redo a few nails if the hide starts to buckle or bend.