I have found the easiest way to skin the bushytails is to hand them too my 25 yr. old nephew and say " Here, get these cleaned" seems to work for me! No kidding, this kid is masterful with the little fellas. Kinda funny though, every year I end up field dressing the deer. He assisted once and busted the stomach open. Poor fella was sick the remainder of the day HA HA. That'll teach him!