Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
[Re: AnthonyT]
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There are few shortcuts. Maybe try compressed air. Simply get the psi up around 120, insert the blower attachment into the beaver's anus, and give the nozzle a charge. Just like that, you are back to doing it the "old fashion way".
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
[Re: AnthonyT]
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10/31/19 10:21 PM
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Yep a beaver can be skinned with a bone.Otter too.The cree did a lot of skinning with bones.Alot of their tanning tools were bones also.The hides are extremely clean and smooth when skinned with a bone.Bear bone or cattle bone I have seen used.I have a bear bone.It works good on small and medium beaver and big beaver on the belly. You will get into some tough chopping with the bone on a big beaver around the shoulders and cheeks. One year at the Fur harvesters trappers convention we had 7 trappers doing a demo skinning beaver 7 different ways,one method was with the bone.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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10/31/19 10:30 PM
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I wish that video was longer, it was interesting. I would’ve like to watch until he was finished.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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11/01/19 04:29 AM
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Anthony I use a bone scraper to skin almost all my animals especially fatty ones. You can use lots of things to make them but leg bones work about the best. Been doing it for 45 years now. When the hide finally come off the animal it never needs any more fleshing. I have hardly ever fleshed an animal hide - maybe a moose hide that gets ripped off the animal fast and that I want to thin and then I use a draw knife. Anyway I figure the extra work of scraping a hide off is made up when I don't have to flesh. Only thing is when it's something like a bear and you are off in the field somewhere it can be hours of work but when it's done it can go directly into the tanning vat. Beavers are especially easy to scrape in some places. I have a 3 inch wide scraper for them and then a narrower one for the harder places. I still use a knife on the really tough places of course but even then it's a scraping motion. To me there is no easier time to get the skin off then when the animal is holding on to the hide for you. Your wrist gets real strong using one after a while. Stan Sure Glad your on here Stan, and chimed in with your experience. I do follow your project on Facebook. Setting up a beaver colony soon myself. Going to explore this method.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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2 bones on the right are skinning bones,one on the left is a scraper for the beam. The longer one is for skinning cased fur and the shorter one is for skinning beaver.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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look at the film-"Cree Hunters of Mistassini" and scroll to the 36 min mark and you will see a Cree woman using a bone skinner in the proper way.Sitting with the beaver alongside her leg and using the chopping motion with the bone.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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11/01/19 09:47 PM
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Neat looking tools but It seems that a good knife would do the job a bit better.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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11/01/19 10:24 PM
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Not Better beav,but a bit faster.And not so hard on the arm/wrist.
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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11/01/19 11:55 PM
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That makes It better when you have 30 beaver laying on the floor. LOL
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Re: Skinning Beaver With a Leg Bone?
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11/02/19 12:36 AM
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Beav,they have their women trained to do the skinning,lol.
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