Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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Yes,we do that with most animals here. Animals skin a lot cleaner after a couple days. Beaver,like you said are best laid on an old carpet in the shed,on their back.Lets the blood coagulate,and the fat stiffen up and the fur to dry. Other animals like cats,canines and otter etc are hung for a day or two.in the woodshed.Stiffens the fat,coagulates the blood and allows the fur to dry and the bugs to jump off.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/15/23 01:13 PM
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You let canines and cats sit for a couple days here and you will have bellies greener than a spring pasture I skin my canines and cats quickly, same day, ideally within 12 hours of dispatch. Beavers and Otters I skin as soon as they are dry
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/15/23 09:19 PM
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Dead cats and canines have greenbellys regardless. Nothing wrong with greenbelly.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/15/23 11:24 PM
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I've killed a lot of beaver and I've yet to see one with a green belly. Even after laying around for 3 or 4 days. Keep them on their backs and In the shade.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/16/23 05:34 PM
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Boco is correct when it comes to green belly and lethal snares! When I could legally lethal snare in Michigan, I don’t think I hardly ever had a dead coyote or fox with 24hr checks no less that didn’t have green belly and I won’t pretend I didn’t like it! When the snaring went away I continued foothold trapping and skinned my canines the same day as caught. I skinned horizontally so bleeding wasn’t an issue at all. Just kept a tray of kitty litter below and all was well and no mess.
I hang otters to dry with beaver drying laid out on their back overnight as folks have previously described and I’m happy to skin the next day.
People talk about skinning beaver in the field and I’ve done it years ago but now it’d be too cold of a bloody frigin job when it’s in Dec and Jan with arthritic hands and back by golly!!! I’ve even built fires to warm my hands which did help but not enough for and old man to not fear of cutting myself while trapping deep in.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/16/23 05:48 PM
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I would much sooner skin greenbellies than skin fresh and have to deal with all the bugs,blood and fat on skin that needs to be washed and fleshed off. Like said before the huge benefit of skinning cooled animals is the stiff fat that is left on the carcass,not the hide,no blood and liquid grease in the fur and no fleas to deal with. When clean skinning beaver nothing makes it faster and cleaner than when the fat is like cold butter.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/18/23 10:21 PM
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You let canines and cats sit for a couple days here and you will have bellies greener than a spring pasture I skin my canines and cats quickly, same day, ideally within 12 hours of dispatch. Beavers and Otters I skin as soon as they are dry Not only that, but when cold they pull like a mule! (Not everyone has an adc skinning machine).
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/18/23 11:52 PM
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My skinning machine is my arms skinning knives and skinning bones.
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/23/23 10:21 AM
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I would much sooner skin greenbellies than skin fresh and have to deal with all the bugs,blood and fat on skin that needs to be washed and fleshed off. Like said before the huge benefit of skinning cooled animals is the stiff fat that is left on the carcass,not the hide,no blood and liquid grease in the fur and no fleas to deal with. When clean skinning beaver nothing makes it faster and cleaner than when the fat is like cold butter. When clean skinning beaver, does the pelt need to be stretched and dried immediately? Or can they be frozen and then boarded later?
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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08/23/23 12:14 PM
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I freeze and board later. Good to know. Thank you
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Re: Less blood beaver skinning
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09/18/23 11:53 AM
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A bit of a difference in Canada and southern US...Many 80°F days down here in Dec, Jan, and Feb.
Ya'll get a slight green belly in a day or so. We get hair slipping and full blown decomp underway in a few hours.
Even though beavers "hold" longer than other critters.....more than 1 day is too long....hair starts sloughing off belly faster than at a hatter processing facility.
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