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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175371
03/02/18 12:26 PM
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175380
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Especially frozen coyotes when in a rush.......jk


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175382
03/02/18 12:32 PM
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I once worked for a dead stock company. Skinning day old dead cows and horses in the summer months was a joy!

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175389
03/02/18 12:36 PM
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I've skinned many different critters with the exception of otter, skunk and weasel, wolverines and wolves.
I like Lazarus hate skinning badgers and mink, mainly it's the smell I don't like.
Allan


Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175396
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Red squirrels,always a pain to make sure the tail winds up with the pelt and not the carcass.


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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175397
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Fox. I've only done a couple in my short trapping career, but my 1st one ended up a tail-less disaster. frown

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175404
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Fox, they pull easy but they tear way too easily, I can't hardly get myself to slow down and be careful.

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175408
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i love working in the shop but for 30 yrs my dad skinned 90 percent of my rats and beaver.he loved to skin those 2 but wouldn't touch anything else.he passed 3 yrs ago and rats and beaver bring back a flood of memories of hundreds of hours in the shop with him.









Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175416
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175433
03/02/18 01:24 PM
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Raccoons I hate the most, I will skin Fox all day compared to one coon.

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: ~ADC~] #6175438
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Originally Posted By: ~ADC~
Fox, they pull easy but they tear way too easily, I can't hardly get myself to slow down and be careful.


Ive seen your skinning videos. If you skin fox like you skin coon, like me you will have the same issues.

thirty seconds a coon doesnt fly for fox. Exactly why i hate them

if I could get my coon to half your speed id be a happy man haha

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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Boco] #6175442
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Originally Posted By: Boco
Red squirrels,always a pain to make sure the tail winds up with the pelt and not the carcass.


Dont worry about it and send the tails to Mepps. probably worth more even still. I had what I thought was a decent red squirrel for three years now at fha. They just threw it out. lol

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175448
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175450
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I don't market red squirrels thru the auction at this time,although in the past I have avg'd just under $4 for a pile of them.
I sell on the craft market,tanned.Tails are important in that market.
They sell good at auction when they are used for linings in expensive leather jackets.In that case tails don't matter.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175458
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Does mepps still use them even? Perfect. tails to mepps, and fur elsewhere. lol

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: bowhunter27295] #6175562
03/02/18 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted By: Hutchy
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. Once the tail was fast, I started enjoying them.


Hutchy,

How About Sharing & Explaining Your Secret For Skinning An Otter Tail Fast ?

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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175580
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Coyotes are never fun.
Favourites are Otter, and Beaver.

As per discussion above....Tails are easy to skin, once you learn to "upcut" with the knife, they are also easy to flesh.

Spruce

Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175595
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175616
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Re: Any animal you hate skinning? [Re: Hutchy] #6175622
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Armadillo.

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