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Post by korde on Jan 11, 2015 14:42:12 GMT -6
Hey all,
I'm guessing that I may need a step by step advice on getting the tail bones out of my coons. Last year and earlier this season they all have come out smooth as can be with my tail strippers but the last 7 have all been a bear. I've even skinned all the way down to almost the end and then the tail bone just rips off from there when I use the stripper, I've currently got like 4 in the freezer like this that iim not not looking forward to dealing with before I go sell.. It's getting very frustrating and time consuming
Any tips? Is this a late season thing ?
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Post by Walleye Joe on Jan 11, 2015 15:09:31 GMT -6
Korde, maybe this pic will help some. I almost always add a support string a couple of inches down the tail bone after skinning it down a bit. Then use your tail strippers. Works great for me.  |
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Post by dasher on Jan 11, 2015 15:41:02 GMT -6
sharp knife split 3quarter way then use strippers a three year old an pull them
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Post by korde on Jan 11, 2015 16:34:18 GMT -6
Thanks joe.. I never thought of that. It may be the leverage because I font use a gambrel. I just hang them by the left back leg in a knot.
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Post by tjm on Jan 11, 2015 19:08:23 GMT -6
You might try holding the bone in one hand (like Joe's string) and twisting the skin with the other, my son in law pulls them all with no striper.
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Post by kmiller on Jan 11, 2015 19:17:26 GMT -6
its really not that big of a deal to leave a little of the bottom of the tail off....
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Post by jiml on Jan 12, 2015 7:49:36 GMT -6
I was told by a buyer that coon tails don't matter much anyway, they just lop em off along with the head. I've sold several Bob tailed coons and never noticed a difference in price. Most of them were caught that way but a few got damaged in skinning. A good tail stripper might help try hanging from both legs.
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Post by korde on Jan 12, 2015 8:49:33 GMT -6
Caught 2 little ones this morning and I was able to skin within the hour and they both came out clean as a whistle.. Yesterday was 5 hrs later and 2 were big boars.. So maybe that has a factor..
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Post by bigbob on Jan 13, 2015 17:28:15 GMT -6
Do not pull the hide off the tail bone, pull the tail bone out of the hide.
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Post by brownboy on Jan 13, 2015 20:59:43 GMT -6
Twist your tail stripper while pulling at the same time when it let's loose it will go I'm asumiing your using the plastic one also pull on the base of the tail in the oposite direction if you split the tail with a sharp knife a couple inches first helps
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Post by supertrap63 on Jan 14, 2015 19:33:31 GMT -6
size does matter--- if thay ben in freezer for a wile will be dried out. bore coon R just tough. I dont skin any cridter fresh to many flees always in freez 1-2 days thaw 1 day ther not so dang greasy that way. get tough woman!
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Post by korde on Jan 14, 2015 22:36:38 GMT -6
Well last 4 have come off just fine. Skin 3/4 down and hold the base of the tail with left hand and pulled with the stripper with the right hand. No problems though have been within the hour of catch and younger boars so in guessing that I just let the others set to long and the fact that they were big boars comes into play.. Still not looking forward to the ones frozen with tail bone that I'll need to thaw..
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