ORIGINAL: statjunk

This is definetly a situation where there very well may be 100 ways to skin a deer.

Here is my .02.

Hang the deer by it's neck not the back legs. Using a knife cut all the lower limbs off. Starting on the inside of what remains of each limb, cut the skin down to the center of the body. Cut a ring around the neck of the deer. Cut down the center of the sternum. Start skinning.

You will get much less hair on your deer this way. At least that has been my experience.

The few hairs that are left you can use a blow torch or in my case a propane torch to singe them off. Just wave it back and forth along the carcass.

Tom