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Old 10-05-2011, 06:12 AM
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Alpine_Archer
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Make sure you wait untill after the first hard freeze of the year to kill any small game. Check for things like cists or boils on the skin while your skinning. Rabbits can carry some nasty stuff so try not to get the blood into an open wound or cut. I like to wear gloves while skinning animals because my hands tend to be always banged up...


Over all my years of hunting i havn't found very many animals that had something wrong with them. The only thing i can think of is finding "wolves" in squerlls but they will go away after a good freeze. Also some ducks carry a parasite referred to as "rice breast" which is pretty nasty looking.
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