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Any animal you hate skinning? #6175305
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I imagine most people CAN skin anything with varying degrees of efficiency, but just wondering if there is any critter you just plain don't like skinning.

For me its fox. The thick fur combined with thin skin makes it a pain in the butt, from skinning to fleshing to boarding. I just hate doing them! Id trade anyone nose count otter or beaver for fox in terms of skinning fleshing and boarding.

Anyone else?

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175314
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175319
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175320
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Otters and beavers. Hate skinning them. Coons too, coons are alot easier than beavers and otters for me, but I hate skinning them all the same.


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175322
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175326
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Grinners. Gave up on them after first season. Stinky stinky little buggers.

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175328
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Hate skinning coyotes and fleshing beavers


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175330
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Otters. Love catching em, dread skinning em. Yotes don't bother me much for some reason.


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175334
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I'd have to agree with the Fox, I've been freezing everything and then doing them later, I don't think that helps much either with the foxs pelt and fat drying out for fleshing, I think coyotes are by far the easiest for me.

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175335
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175337
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Most people dont like otters because of the tail. I was one of those people till I figured out a way to do the tails in about a minute flat. My first otter had about sixty holes.


Once the tail was fast, I started enjoying them. I just hate having to be so super careful with the fox. One bit of too much pressure and riiiip. Nice hole.


That said, after doing a bunch of fox this season I am much better, but I still dont have to like them.

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Coyotes are nasty for me I actually won't do them. Badger and beaver I don't mind doing but are tough to flesh for me.


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175339
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Coyotes arent far behind. Occasionally I get that one that just wont flesh clean. I think I need better technique with them. Plus our coyotes are 40lbs for a tiny one.

I hate putting in the push pins for a fox tail. My little girly hands never seem to get the pins in all the way due to the fur.

Ok, now id better stop whining. lol

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175340
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Coons hate them. Yotes don’t bother me at all.




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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175341
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Originally Posted By: Hutchy
just wondering if there is any critter you just plain don't like skinning.


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175347
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Love catching the yotes hate skinning the yotes I'd rather peel 10 skunks then do a yote but I do them anyways!


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Cold cats and coyotes around the shoulders.

Otters and coons I let the winch do all the pulling...


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175359
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I've only put up coons,mink and rats.

Don't mind doing them. Like Swamp said I let the winch do all the work. Coons are a little greasy though. OK alot greasy!

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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175364
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