If I get a deer, you can have the hide. Also, check out this book. I found it very interesting! I plan to learn to tan one day but the process is so involved, I would have to freeze the hide. I have no time for tanning after hunting because I'm busy butchering for a couple weeks.
I recommend picking up a copy of Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards. It it is a good comprehensive intro to hide tanning.
there are still folks who tan their own hide. http://www.amazon.com/Deerskins-into-Buckskins-Brains-Edition/dp/0965867242