Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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Portable skinning rig you can hang in a tree if you have any trees!
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: Law Dog]
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08/20/19 07:26 PM
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Portable skinning rig you can hang in a tree if you have any trees! Plenty of trees Jerry. That’s where I was going with it. Any specific one you’ve found useful?
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/20/19 07:28 PM
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What do you do with the carcass?
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/20/19 07:31 PM
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I'd make one, a gambrel, some chain and quick snap set up!
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/20/19 08:34 PM
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coon hunting with hounds i skinned in the woods hanging them from a tree with a dog lead. trapping i use this. normally hang a gambrel off it but that day i forget it and was using a snare. or the guy skinning was. that's not me but a guy i was trapping with.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/20/19 08:35 PM
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I think it would be more productive to skin in the shop if you have one and trap while on the line. You will put more fur in the truck that way Wade. LLL
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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I would have to agree with Larry if trapping around home on trip some where skin as you go better and faster in daylight than truck light after dark.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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I wouldn't waste valuable time skinnin while running lines.Good line management should leave you plenty of time for skinning while your traps are working.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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Peel easy warm, less handling of the carcass. Leave the mess in the fields, when i get home put furs in freezer and reload truck. I keep a knife, gambel, tail puller bags for fur and glands. In a small duffle bag. I use to pack a skinning pole for pickup, but every ranch has corrals for working livestock so now i just use them .
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Re: Skinning on the go
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I wouldn't waste valuable time skinnin while running lines.Good line management should leave you plenty of time for skinning while your traps are working. Some guys don't want to run traps all day long everyday and skin in the fur shed half the night every night. Nothing wrong with that! I have built a lot of different designs of portable skinners, most fit in your truck receiver. If you think I can be of help to you designing something that suits your needs shoot me a PM Wade.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/20/19 11:46 PM
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ADC, Sell him a receiver hitch first.
Than stick him with a skinning rig.
That's like buying NY City salsa!!!!!!! No receiver hitch, for crying out loud.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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ADC -- Interested in some sort of skinning rig for coyotes but my truck doesn't have a receiver hitch. I know, my man card is in jeopardy but can you recommend anything? Oh, and I have a shell on the truck. ADC, Sell him a receiver hitch first.
Than stick him with a skinning rig.
That's like buying NY City salsa!!!!!!! No receiver hitch, for crying out loud. LOL, I'll put on my thinking cap and shoot you a PM Tracy.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/21/19 12:29 AM
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I make up a snare that closes all the way out of 3/32 cable.....I carry it in a small bag with my knife, sharpner and tail stripper......just throw the snare over a limb ..and bam...good to go. I cant use reg snares that I use on my line for beavs because we have to have a deer stop............the deer stop leaves too much of a gap to get a good hold of a critters foot for skinning.
everything gets skint on the line.unless they are froze like a brickbat.....even wet coon...carcassas would start to pile up at home and I don't wanna have to mess with them.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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ADC....you could build a skinning rig that is held down by rear pickup tire...think in Steve & Lori Gappa had coyote video after a catch they skinned in the field...first would pull out of back of truck skinner base they would place ahead of rear truck tire then drive fwd until tire on top of base...then would pull out skinning pole with hand crank that would slip into base.
No longer have video or I could have taken & posted pic. Thanks. I have made something similar to that. I never saw theirs, but I'm not surprised others have thought about doing it that way. I think there was even a video on here where a guy opened, I think foxes, then parked on their back feet and pulled them that way. There's definitely more than one way to skin a... well, about everything. lol
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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I built a beam that folds down flat for fleshing away from home. I have decided that putting up fur while away from home is not worth the effort. Not without a real fur shed at least. Stuff dries VERY slowly without heat and fans, its just not worth the effort. Skinning coyotes as you go, 2-3 at a time, is a good way for me to do things. Skinning with pickup headlights, or a lantern or a headlamp or all 3 whatever, causes expensive mistakes. Especially with good cats. Never deal with green belly either. I don't care how cold it is green belly is a problem if you have dead coyotes in a truck bed all day. Yes can take a half hour to stop and pelt 3 coyotes but your not trying to sew an eyehole back together later either. Big eye can turn a 1000 dollar cat into a 300 dollar cat. It know that isn't supposed to happen BUT IT DOES.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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I also keep a butchers steel in the pickup door. Useful for pulling front legs out as well as keeping a pelting knife razor sharp. An Arkansas oil stone is kept at camp in case its needed. Hard to imagine a trapper that wont sharpen a knife couple times a season and use a steel as he skins.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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I also keep a butchers steel in the pickup door. Useful for pulling front legs out as well as keeping a pelting knife razor sharp. An Arkansas oil stone is kept at camp in case its needed. Hard to imagine a trapper that wont sharpen a knife couple times a season and use a steel as he skins. Thanks Danny. I use a sharpened metal dowel in the fur shed but didn’t want to take it out. The steel makes sense. That’s the kind of stuff I was hoping to get.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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08/21/19 06:56 AM
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don't forget to put your tail splitter and tail puller in the truck also if you use them. cheap slip joint pliers are sure handy. so is a spare knife. if one gets too dull to steel grab the other till you can stone the dull one.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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08/21/19 10:14 AM
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Larry I do have a skinning machine at the shop. I’m not trying to make a living trapping or survive off the income. I get paid to trap on vacation. Half the time I peel coyotes by hand rather than use the machine anyways.
This will be just a few coons a morning after work or a couple coyotes. I love skinning the last ones I killed right before I hit the shop. Figure why not do them all when they’re hot as butter. I’m not trying to break any records.
Thanks for the ideas. My original thought was a gambrel with a rope, but I’m thinking I might try some #5 chain and a quick link with the gambrel with choke collars. That’s how my gambrel is set up on my machine. Also looking I like Wiebes opening knife with replacement blades. Might beat the razor blades I’ve used in the past.
If you have time to skin them warm in the field and are just running a few I would still run them off my machine and get rid of the carcasses the next day. Personally I would not want to hassle with hauling everything I need to skin just for a few critters but I have no issue with those who want to. I don't see a need for a portable skinning machine. I think of the time to mount and unmount it . Especially for a few critters again. Just my thought. LLL
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Re: Skinning on the go
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All of this is null and void when you talk water trapping. Hehe. Everything is frozen.lol
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Re: Skinning on the go
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All of this is null and void when you talk water trapping. Hehe. Everything is frozen.lol Silly water trappers! Lol. Portable for me is going to be four foot of chain and a gambrel. The guys I used to coon hunt with would skin with a rope in the field less weight to haul back to the truck. They were done in just over a minute or two . I’m not going to be far enough from home to justify a mount on the truck. Thanks for the tips from those that do it.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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Some of my sites I trap I'm out of the truck for 2 or 3 hours so skinning yotes and big coon in the field is a must. I use a piece of mule tape and this. And they close down to this I only crimp the tag end sideof the double crimp. I also make single looped ones to hang critters in the shed. Makes good use of what is left of a mangled CR
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Re: Skinning on the go
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My setup is similar to wetdogs top loop doesn't cinch tight bottom loop the tag end is crimped it can be wraped around a tree, post or limb skin 1 leg and hook on to the other I cut off the tail and pull the bone out latter carcass can be thrown in the truck or disposed of with landowners permission
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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I have always checked one day and skinned the next, I like the idea of the bugs being dead and the less of mess after waiting overnight if a guy hits a artery around the head/neck.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Skinning on the go
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When I was trapping a bit seriously I often skinned on the line. That meant no carcass to haul away, and a draw bait. At one point I used a tree gripping bracket that I could push up higher with a pole. Then trapping were trees were essentially nonexistent, I made two or three different hitch mounted boat winch skinning rigs. At other times I had walk-in traplines where trimming a few juniper limbs was enough to avoid having to tote yotes out over rough terrain.
I always considered recycling carcasses as critter feed was a plus. It probably saved a few live creatures. Of course that might not work if you are trapping within a short distance of someone's house.
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: Law Dog]
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I have always checked one day and skinned the next, I like the idea of the bugs being dead and the less of mess after waiting overnight if a guy hits a artery around the head/neck. I agree, cold is a little tougher, but a whole lot less messy
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Re: Skinning on the go
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Some of my sites I trap I'm out of the truck for 2 or 3 hours so skinning yotes and big coon in the field is a must. I use a piece of mule tape and this. And they close down to this I only crimp the tag end sideof the double crimp. I also make single looped ones to hang critters in the shed. Makes good use of what is left of a mangled CR Thanks, this is simple. I like it.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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I carry a screw in tree step in my pack. Any tree, telephone pole and I'm in business. Skinning 3/4 coyotes miles away from the truck sure beats dragging them out.
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Re: Skinning on the go
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Some of my sites I trap I'm out of the truck for 2 or 3 hours so skinning yotes and big coon in the field is a must. I use a piece of mule tape and this. And they close down to this I only crimp the tag end sideof the double crimp. I also make single looped ones to hang critters in the shed. Makes good use of what is left of a mangled CR I use something similar instead of crimping one side of the ferrul i use a stop on the tag end with a inch or so of cable past the stop and a double ferrul smashed down on it so you can get a grip on it to pull the slide open when done
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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Ive improvised with baler twine, rope, tie wire , snares and rebar trap stakes . Fix yourself a small tackle box with everything you need in it One thing i carry in mine that some might think is odd catfish skinning pliers for starting th legs .
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Re: Skinning on the go
[Re: WadeRyan]
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Two or three critters a day ,do it anyway you want but get a pickup with a pile in it you better skin at home or hire it done
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Re: Skinning on the go
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October/November is different than December, and trapping is different than snaring. I put a paper towel and a skinning glove (disposable) over the head of the coyote, to catch any blood on fresh ones. It saves time and headaches later. I like a one piece steel gambrel, as I can pull on the coyote, and it still comes off of the legs easy enough. I carry a few loops made out of 1/8" cable for accidents bin the hock area. I pull coyotes too hard to use anything that doesn't slide easily, I'd be fighting with 3/32" loops because the cable would bend and bulge in front of the ferrules. And, like Danny said, a good steel for pulling legs and touching up sharpening. Having some skinned when I head for home is a plan/intention of mine this year. i used to skin everything in the field, as far as canines go. Lots of skinning gloves and lots of flea spray. And that brings up the issue of smell and time.... a tough call. When I gun coyotes the first thing I do is plug all holes with paper towels ,If I dispatch with a gun I do the same
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