Squirrel Skinning Made Easy

[sgrogg]

I'd like to download and save that video to my hard drive.  Can somebody tell me how that's done?

[reecool]

Thanks for the video ! shoot my first bushytail last week end and it took me half a hour to skined and guted it and what a mess. now that give me a raison to hunt them after work !
Eric .

[twosheds]

Where was that video when I was a kid. That looks ten times easier that I do it. Thanks.

[Gene Roberts]

mabye that'll be beneficial for me next week.I'm going with the bow.

[VA Bowbender]

Originally posted by Michael Peschek:
Thanks for the video! Where is the video on butchering a deer?

Michael

Deer Butchering Video

[mountaindog]

great video....

[Hatrick]

I always just slit the hide in the middle of the back, stuck my index and middle fingers in from both hands and pulled in opposite directions.

Simple and always seemed to work pretty well. Anyone else do it that way?

[hill boy]

Done me a mess that way last fiday.I trim the fat off the ribs, slice the front legs off cut one ham  going down the back loin and then cut rib cage out unless they are real young.Put in a pan of salt water and letem soak over night or couple of days in frige.role them in flower brown in oil add water and turn them down as low as possibe.letem simmer about an hour.lots of pepper some season salt and ummmm,ummm they are finger licking good.Takes a little practice but thats the way you skinn a bushy tail.Anybody wants to come to the hills here, I'll take squirrel huntin.good post!  

[James Wrenn]

I am looking forward to trying this in a couple of weeks when our season comes in.thanks

[jojotater]

Hill Boy, my brother lives up there is Jonesboro. He's killed a lot of squirrels at his club somewhere over in the hills. Of course, it was with a .22. His method of skinning squirrels is to roll them around on the ground, up his leg, and on the ground again. I accuse him of having more hair on them "after" he's cleaned them.  

[hogless]

I have all ways spit the hide in the middle of back and pulled it apart too.but this way seems to keep the hair off the meat. I will try that

[RamiusEng]

Any rabbit videos?

[TC in IL]

I too learned this method from Dad many years ago when I did the holding while Dad did the cutting.

Up until about 3 years ago I cleaned a ton of squirrels just like the video.  Now I use a pair of Fiskars garden shears to speed the job along and save on the knife blade.

I only use the knife to make the initial 3 cuts and to split the pelvic bone.  The shears which have a notch - just perfect for removing the feet - at the back of the blades do all the rest.  In short order I've got 4 legs and the back piece - never got into sucking the brains - all trimmed out and on ice.

[bmfer]

I been workin' too hard!

[john gerrard]

I would like to know how he sharpened that knife. That knife was waaaaay sharp. I couldn't believe that he just took the knife and cut through the leg bones (even at the joint it still dulls a knife). I always used a big pair of pliars or side cutters to do that so that I wouldn't dull my knife that I had worked so long to sharpen. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Brokenwing

[Strutter]

Yep, that the way to do it.  I have an older buddy that can do that from start to finish in 47 seconds.  I have timed him before.    Takes me a bit longer.

For the rabbits.  
To get the guts out of a fresh killed bunny, hold it with both hands wrapped around it with the head up.  Begin squeezing with your hands like you were wringing out a rag and work your hands towards the back end of the rabbit.  All the innards will be pushed towards the rear end.  When you get near the hips, raise the rabbit above your shoulder like you would an axe and swing towards the ground real fast and brace your forearms on your knees to stop the swing.  All the innards will come out the back end and then you have a much lighter rabbit to carry that will not spoil and stiffen up due to having the guts inside to long.  This works very well and then all you have to do when at home is take the hide off which comes off easy anyway.

Rob

[brmize]

I learned that method 23 years ago from my Grandpa on my first squirrel hunt.

Brian

[Michael Peschek]

Originally posted by VA Bowbender:
 

Originally posted by Michael Peschek:
Thanks for the video! Where is the video on butchering a deer?

Michael

Deer Butchering Video  [/b]

Thanks for the link!

[Linc]

I would like to see the whole squirrel hunting video that leads up to the skinning.

[Rico]

Thanks great video