From the big river near where I live:




And then comes the work...

Not sure which looks odder
A skinned beaver with the tail on
A clean skinned beaver
Or maybe the combination of the two

Ya sure earned your handle buddy!

Lotsa' Work There

Wow, that's really getting afrer it!

That's the only method I've ever known. Maybe it's a regional thing?
For starters, how do you sling them around wthout a tail to grab on to?

Good job, that’s grinding it out! Gonna sneak these in the upcoming sale or hold onto em?

Don't you ever get tired of peeling beaver? lol

This is my thought. The tail is the handle after skinning

Do you use a trough? You are the man when it comes to plowing through those things!

I use a hay hook on the pelvis bone to carry the carcass.

did you notice the WTB ad in the shed about tails? those look really nice.

Heck of a haul right there

Nice!

That is a mountain of work.

Funny story about leaving tails on beaver. One time back in the 80's i was skinning beavers when our local game warden drove up. Now I figured something was up so he comes over and watches me skin for a while, then walks over and closely examines the tread on my tires. Next asks if he can look in my freezer. No objection, go ahead if it pleases you sez I.

So finally he tells me what it's all about: Some trapper had dumped a whole bunch of beaver carcasses off a bridge into the river below. Illegal dumping. But that trapper cut all their tails off and he could see that was not my MO.

So there you go, leaving tails on kept me from being further investigated as an illegal carcass dumper. The looking in a trapper's freezer probably just seemed like a durn good idea for any game warden worth his salt; but I had nuthin' to hide.

BTW, those beaver picks are not from this season. I pulled a Savell and went back into my photo archives for those.

Sure do. A revolving trough and revolving put up table too.

I sure would like to see a video of you skinning a beaver in your trough.

That first picture, Not that there's not enough beavers laying on the ground but it looks to be even more in the back of your truck. From someone who's only caught maybe 30 beavers in my lifetime, that's a amazing picture.

If I got enough pails, I gut the beaver, the rib cage is a nice handle……otherwise I use a meat hook. I’ve battled and swore like crazy trying to get a beaver into a small garbage bag for the freezer……. Slippery greasy buggers!……lol

Wicked haul BP! With beaver trapping, one has to learn to set for how many they feel like skinning….lol