Skinning and Skinning Stool

[somerled333]

How do you all skin a beast, I used to use a skinning stool and then went on to skin them now when they are hanging up by the hind legs, I thought I could do it faster but it still takes a while, a friend who is on here showed me how to skin with a golf ball and vehicle and man that was fast just seconds but not clean enough, anyone got a way of pulling the skin of in the larder but fast like the you tube golf ball, oh and I have a brand new stainless steel skinning stool for sale if anyone is interested, once I've done my 30 days it'll be in classified, cheers.

 

[wood]

We skin them the New Zealand way get the neck and front legs skinned on a cratch then hang them up by there front legs and put the skin down and off.

About 2 min for a roe to about 4 min for an old fallow buck

Nice and neat no rips or tears no knife marks and all the marbling and flank meat still on the carcass and not on the skin.

Simples

 

[Stevie/P]

start at the chest with the knife down to the arm pits then use your fist and roll your hands under the skin to part it keep your hands moist.

 

[Monument veiw]

Chris Howard shows how to skin beasts on his dvd which has been produced for the BDS its called Skin , Butcher and cook

 

[David T]

start at the chest with the knife down to the arm pits then use your fist and roll your hands under the skin to part it keep your hands moist.

+ 1

 

[alasdair]

I used to use a skinning stool ....... oh and I have a brand new stainless steel skinning stool for sale if anyone is interested, once I've done my 30 days it'll be in classified, cheers.

Well, I can't wait 30 days! What is a skinning stool?

I've been around a while and never heard of it. Even Google can't give an answer - though it does find this thread!

Alasdair.

 

[nell]

Well, I can't wait 30 days! What is a skinning stool?

I've been around a while and never heard of it. Even Google can't give an answer - though it does find this thread!

Alasdair.

Try Cratch or cradle or stool, its tressel that the deeer or sheep lies in on its back and allows you to skin the animal, many different hights where found around the country before sheep skinnning moved onto the line system, most where low and the lams leg would held between the slaughtermans legs as he worked (legged) the lamb, some where much higher and the slaughterman held the leg under his oxter (armpit) hard graft, happy days....

 

[adjman]

Chris Howard shows how to skin beasts on his dvd which has been produced for the BDS its called Skin , Butcher and cook

+1 - it's a very good DVD, I just have to figure out how to get a DVD player and TV in the larder when I do my first one

 

[Monument veiw]

+1 - it's a very good DVD, I just have to figure out how to get a DVD player and TV in the larder when I do my first one

The 1st one is always the worst but as long as you eat venison yourself just have a go and enjoy the experience

 

[somerled333]

hi wood

Thats a bit like I seen on you tube, think I'll try that and see, takes me 15 minutes just now

 

[somerled333]

Hi i tried skinning the front legs then hanging it up and pulling, kept pulling the lot down couldn't tie the front legs up so good, off to shoot another beast and try something else, oh and it took me 30 mins by the time I kept retying it !!!

 

[David T]

+1 - it's a very good DVD, I just have to figure out how to get a DVD player and TV in the larder when I do my first one

Don't worry about perfection mate just enjoy it.

 

[Paul 600]

David Sretton uses a boat winch and he hangs by the front legs. Simply crank the winch and off it comes.

 

[somerled333]

How does he attach the boat winch to the skin ?

 

[Paul 600]

He uses a snare system. Trap the skin of the front legs whilst the beast is hanging from the front legs via another snare bar which is just a lenght of bar with a snare at each end.

 

[fatbloke]

No need to mess around with snares just put a slit in the front legs next to the bone and use a gambrel.

 

[ELRIG]

How does he attach the boat winch to the skin ?

that just sounds ruff as!!! wtf a boat winch I would love to see that. guaranteed tobe no bacon strips or skin left on that beast !!

 

[bewsher500]

surely hanging is easier than laying it down?
have always done it the way an old canadian butcher showed me.
Hang by the back hocks, skin the legs to the haunch, loosen off round the gralloch cut then get busy with your full forearm.
once you have the back legs done, using the fist, forearm and elbow to pare off the skin it takes seconds to get from haunch to neck.

its just the fiddly bits that take time.

 

[fatbloke]

ELRIG,

See for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MxWDKLMG4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[ELRIG]

actually that's not as horrific as is thought it was going be!