Is there a quick and easy way to skin
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Utectok
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I think there is something you can do with a pebble and your truck?
Try hanging it front up and taking the skin down/back towards the haunches.
There was a thread about it a few years ago and I have done it ever since.
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Alan
Just noticed it is a sticky at the the top of this forum.
There was a thread about it a few years ago and I have done it ever since.
How to skin deer video
I have done some educational videos before including some carcass preparation/butchery demonstration videos, but for completeness I thought a skinning video would be nice. I think this method presented by BigScott270 of this forum is very nice and clean. I certainly am going to try it next time...
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Alan
Just noticed it is a sticky at the the top of this forum.
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John Gryphon
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Air compressor,nozzle up under ankle skin.
I didn't find an air line very effective overall...it would do a small area really quick, but as soon as the air could find an escape route it stopped separating...I did try to make a series of holes and blow into them which sort of worked by connecting a series of patches.
Alan
John Gryphon
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Do it pre gutting and by squeezing hide around the nozzle and just keep pumping then it generally lets go with POP...goes from rabbit to Giant Panda
Ah right I can see that working...just don't have the air line with me before I gralloch. I tried it after they had hung for a few days...
Alan
John Gryphon
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44 years ago after a 'roo hunt' we came back into town for some fuel. We were in a Station Wagon,two rows of seats with cargo space behind which was occupied by two dogs and a jumbo sized roo. Peter went off to pay for the fuel and had a queue in front of him and whilst waiting I lowered the back window,slit the leg of the roo and inserted the air gun nozzle and started pumping....AND pumping,eff me how long is this gonna effing take I mused but kept delivering the air,enough for every tyre on an 18 wheeler it seemed and I started getting a bit nervous with people around that must have been having a wtf moment as "that bloke has been putting a lot of air into that spare tyre"
Then F**K! the roo exploded into a GODZILLA SIZED F**KN ROO with a loud pop. The two dogs schitt themselves and hit the effn windscreen in panic..I schitt too ha ha,talk about wake in fright!
It was puffed up four times its normal size and the hands looked ludicrously small compared to the popeye arms....
I could go on and on but will save that for the campfire.
Foxyboy43
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Hmmmm. I always found skinning a faff with inevitable slices into the meat and as a result kinda spoiling the overall presentation. Then recently I had an “Einstein Moment” and raided the kitchen drawer (Mrs FB was not at home) and picked out an oyster knife. These are stout handled, plastic gripped and have a very short blade with no real cutting edge - result!
Freeforester
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It’s hard because you’re hanging it according to what you’ve seen - try it hung from the front legs: make an incision in the skin, from inside the joint where you’ve cut off the foreleg, and run it down inside the armpit area, all the way to where the windpipe and gullet were removed, repeating the process for the other foreleg; after peeling back the first inch or so on both wrists, make a crossing cut just above this lower leg ‘wrist‘ joint, in the area full of sinew, appx 1cm above the flat lint you removed the foreleg at - this is where your snare, dyneema or wire loop will hold on to the foreleg without sipping off - the loops can slip off if you don’t do this - then hang up above head height, preferably from a fixed handing point as opposed to a fully swivelling one, and start peeling away, shoulders first. The neck can be a little tricky, but with the minimal use of the knife you should be able to take the hide off completely, and with minimal meat damage or loss, nor hair or fingerprints left on the carcase. Use this method a few times and you’ll be wondering what the videos etc are about, and why you hadn’t tried this method earlier.
Not getting into that one Toby save the word " practice "
Mind you I did finish that fallow buck before my friend did his muntjac on Tuesday morning
One tip I picked up from Greg at Lavenham Butchers was to run a Mora Roeing Knife down the back of the hanging carcass from "tail" to neck, effectively splitting the coat into two halves. Then, having skinned the haunch, pull the skin out and basically use your forearm to add leverage to remove the skin all the way down to the front legs in one fell swoop.
It works great on muntjac and roe, and results in far fewer pins on the naked carcass.
He also taught me to remove the haunches when the carcass is still on the hook - so much easier and quicker!
It works great on muntjac and roe, and results in far fewer pins on the naked carcass.
He also taught me to remove the haunches when the carcass is still on the hook - so much easier and quicker!
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Upside down every time for me now. Much easier and cleaner carcass. 9 mins into this video.
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Skinning and butchering a deer, start to finish, with John Griffin
Here’s a masterclass on how to skin and butcher a deer. Jason Doyle meets game butcher John Griffin and they talk through the process part by part. ▶ Click here to watch Jason and his buddy Daniel …
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I’ve tried various options but found this the easiest.
It’s a case of trying different ways until you find what suits you best
It’s a case of trying different ways until you find what suits you best
It's just tougher around the shoulders. One thing I find that makes a big difference is to slice the skin on the forelegs up the inside to the 'armpit'. Makes it a lot easier to pull free once you get to that stage
That's what I used to do, but with the method Greg showed I have now changed.
Now, when I have pulled the skin down to the shoulder, I ease the shoulder back through the skin enough so that the inside of the "elbow" is exposed sufficient to make a hole all the way through, then inserting my fingers there I use them to peel the skin back down over the foreleg. Easier to show than to describe, but again I've found that it significantly reduces the amount of pins that used to get left on the carcass when I sliced up the forelegs.
As has been said, the nice thing about it is that there is no defined "right" way, and you can find the method that works best for you.
- I've started hanging (to skin) by the pelvis / aitch bone, this leaves both the shoulders free (hardest part).
- Also an electric winch helps so you can lift the carcass higher as you work down towards the front legs (also tricky, but less valuable meat).
- Pull the skin rather than use a knife as much as possible
Never rush anything when holding a sharp knife !
- Also an electric winch helps so you can lift the carcass higher as you work down towards the front legs (also tricky, but less valuable meat).
- Pull the skin rather than use a knife as much as possible
Never rush anything when holding a sharp knife !
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