a) What type of gloves do you folks use for skun'n animals?
b) What weight gloves do you prefer?

Hern, I like the nitrile. You can buy em at harbor freight but I find thier large run small for me. I also buy em from MTP and I find thier x- large is big for me.

Nitrile in 9 mil made by Hardy. If they get slippery when skinning just get some Borax on them. It's like sandpaper fingers, grip wise
I buy mine at Harbor Freight

The Harbor Freight 5mil nitrile are decent for the price but not real heavy duty. I use them for light duty (one or two critters at a time). If I have more to skin, I use Raven 6mil nitrile. A little more expensive but much tougher. There are lots of other options including 7mil or 9mill thickness but they are typically double the price of the 5 mil Harbor Freight Nitrile gloves.

I definitely prefer nitrile over latex or vinyl. Any of them will keep your hands clean but the nitrile will block odor far better than latex and vinyl seems to tear if you look at them sideways.

I use 5 mil, Nitrile. But thought of using a bit heavier weight

Bought a pack from harbor freight. Double layer they hold up for a few critters unless you snag a claw or nip with knife.
They are fairly inexpensive and work well enough for me.
Jim

No matter what type of latex glove you use It's a lot better to wear some type of cotton glove over them.

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I like to get the heaviest nitrile gloves I can find

I use the 7 mil Hardy gloves from Harbor Freight for making canine sets. They work well for that unless it is warm out, then I sweat inside them badly and can't put them back on after I take them off. I tried the 5 mil but rip them very easily (7 mil feel at least twice as thick and many times tougher, regardless of what the numbers say is true). I don't like wearing gloves while doing anything, so I skin everything barehanded except for wolves (or possibly if I had to skin something mangy or obviously diseased for a client) for them I generally wear the 5 mil that I found too light and easily ripped for setting purposes. Yes they are still easily ripped, but I bought a few boxes of them at once, before I discovered how easily they ripped, so I have several hundred to go through and skinning and fleshing there is much less to snag them on so I don't rip them as often.

Harbour freight. The blue gloves whatever they are...

The cheapest nitrile ones at the dollar store-they are disposable,no need for great quality.

The best I like are from Napa BUT
they are black and hide ticks.

During the dempanic HF over here
donated all their gloves to medical folks.
Pretty cool.

Harbor Freight nitrile 5ml. I buy a ton of them. Setting mole and gopher traps and skinning. Also early season deer elk hunting for gutting, not to stay clean as much as not to be bit by the yellowjackets. They tear easy but are cheap. The heavier ones cost more and only half as many per box. Now they are coming in lime green around here

wws

the blue ones from napa are thick and Long

I agree! So much better grip on greasy hides. One pair of cheap cotton gloves lasts a few hundred coons and the nitrile gloves last until your done skinning.

I buy orange ones from Bomgaars. Really heavy, can get several days out of one pair

I’ve used the 8mil Gorilla Mechanics glove. I can usually peel them off for smoke breaks twice before they’re too hard to get back on. Never looked into the price difference of cheap ones, but I’m sliding on a new one more frequently and I just toss em when going for a dart.
I also use a super thin cut resistant cloth glove on my left hand, way more grip. But I may not need it, I’ll be trying out my skinning rig in a few weeks.

Small highjack from an old guy - Anyone ever use plastic or latex gloves for pan covers like me? The lightweight ones used in kitchen prep worked for me for 10 years. A truly "thrifty" trapper. My tip for the day.......................... the mike

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