Clean skin in a trough, standing up. Made my table/workbench height just for doing b'vers.

I have only skinned about a hundred beaver as they were new to me when i moved here. three fourths of them i skinned on a trash sack on the groundm where i caught them, the other fourth was skinned on the tailgate of my truck. On the truck i skinned the whole beaver laying down as it was comfortable, but the ones on the ground my back starts to hurt quite a bit, those i hung from a tree or oever the bank from a root by the tail and finished the back part and head.

Using a trough here also and a linoleum hooked blade to make the initial cut as well.Branch cutter for the feet.The trough was built so that there is NO bending over at all.Built a vertical skinner copied from The Beav also known here as Gary Mather a few years back.Will give that half way up the chest cut a try to see the difference how the case cut method lets the pelt treat me on the beam.As for peeling the back i,ll keep stepping on the tail grabbing the pelt just above the tail and pulling the hide free from the back up to the shoulders.Time spent rough skinning the average beaver for me is about three or four songs out of the radio ...with the phone unplugged:).

I don't have the patience to clean skin so I found that case skinning - skinning around the tail and splitting up the middle to the chest and then hanging it up by the tail to work it off the beaver. Cased that way makes it easier to flesh and once fleshed I split it all the way. If I had a skinning trough - clean skinning might go a little easier - slower - but easier.

i lay them on the tailgate of the truck or the table in the shop

frezer top

im no pro at scraping but ill sell green before i scrape a beaver at least 65 inch and up

their is my technic,
this small table it's for let the beaver far to de durt,blood,belly liquide etc.etc.

with the bicycle tube and two hook

I hook it in the front leg and the back leg


for hold the beaver


MINGO

Awsome post Mingo!

You're doing it backwards. You're supposed to hold the knife in your right hand - lol.

THANKS
And some times i clean skinn (at home)and other time i rugh skinn (in the bush at the trapping camp)and do the job on my beaver beam at home.





MINGO

Another great post Mingo! That's an excellent idea!

I hang to dry one day. Lay on table. zip up the belly. Skin one side, then the other. Hang by tail by cable to skin the back. Cut through breast bone, Gut it and let insides drop into bucket. Bring large plastic bag up and over it. Bring carcass' to Game club for game dinner. Seems to take forever, but I see I'm not alone, with some of you anyway.

I built a skinning bench that is taller than a normal countertop so I don't have to bend over so much. I lay beav on its back, split from tail to chin, work each side around as far as I can get without flipping it over, then flip it over and work from the tail towards the nose. After you get so far, the skin can be flopped over the nose and the weight of the skin helps with the pulling process. Then off to the beam.

Do you always skin in a brand new white tee shirt, lol. Great pics.

That the same T-shirt after 15 beavers...MAN! I'm a professional!
and I have a very good bio soap.
MINGO