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Post by ozarkmountainman on Sept 12, 2009 13:57:07 GMT -6
There are people who think this is nuts, but it works for me. I started doing this 25 years ago after trapping three 50+ pound beaver one morning that I had to drag BY HAND over a mile, one way. Sheesh!
Case-skin as you would any other animal, but stop your center cut about three inches from the chin. What this does is it allows you to hook the "pocket" that this method creates over the end of a fleshing beam, which for me makes fleshing a LOT easier.
After I'm done I just finish the cut to the chin before I tack him up.
I still skin beaver out regular sometimes, and when I do this I use a "cradle". Makes things WAY easier, for me.
Dale
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Post by raya on Sept 12, 2009 18:35:18 GMT -6
I seen doren millers daught case skin one when she was about 10 didnt take her long thats for sure.she said the weight of the hide once started usually dont take much pulling and straining to get the hide off.
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Post by ozarkmountainman on Sept 14, 2009 13:34:57 GMT -6
That's a fact- it works.
Dale
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Post by raya on Sept 14, 2009 17:32:32 GMT -6
I did a cople like that last yr or once i got everything past the hips and it was alot diff than rasslin them around on the bench. Ive tryed those trough's and maybe if it had been at a handy level things may have been diff.
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Post by raya on Sept 14, 2009 17:32:49 GMT -6
I did a cople like that last yr or once i got everything past the hips and it was alot diff than rasslin them around on the bench. Ive tryed those trough's and maybe if it had been at a handy level things may have been diff.
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Post by bill1306 (Phil) on Sept 14, 2009 22:04:25 GMT -6
Instead of wrestling a beaver around on a bench, I use a cradle like this one in the picture. It holds the beaver in place and makes skinning a lot easier. I also use it to start my coons and skunks. I had one that was made out of wood that sit on my bench for a long time and then made this free standing one out of metal.  |
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Post by Willie Mallard on Sept 15, 2009 19:17:45 GMT -6
disk blade arent they handy, thanks for sharing
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Post by bwana on Sept 18, 2009 10:50:15 GMT -6
I'm building a wooden "cradle" for the fur shed. Using a sawhorse type of design....but like Ray said, It's going to be tall enough that I'm not bent over all the time. Us tall fellers don't like having to work all scrunched up...the back starts complaining. And the older we get, the faster it will start hurting. I'm making mine to be about 6 to 8 inches taller than the kitchen counter, maybe just a little taller...but I can shorten it really quick if needed. Going to put a couple of shelves underneath to keep things handy.
And, NO MORE dragging for me....Ray gave me a helpful tip last year. I'm using a plastic toboggan...the kind that the kids use in the snow. It goes through the grass and weeds just fine, even does fairly well over this rocky ground. I kinda have to pick my path...it doesn't like logs and tree branches. But that sled probably added 20 years to my beaver trapping.
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