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Old 12-27-2003 | 09:56 PM
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sawbill
 
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Default RE: tube them out

Before you skin, make sure you remove any burrs and knots from the fur. If you don't ,you'll cut through the hide during fleshing. First cut the front legs free. You do this by cutting from the pad on the foot back to the elbow. Sever the paws by cutting at the ankle, then work the skin from the muscle of the legs using your fingers or a small knife. Then hang the yote by the hind legs and cut down the back of the leg from the pad of one paw, (cut along the back of the leg where the hair meets) across the anus to the pad on the other leg. Peel about 2" of the tail free and then try to strip the bone out of the rest of the tail. Use a tail stripper if you can get one. Now its just a matter of peeling the hide free from the animal taking care around the ears, eyes and lips.
Put the animal on a stretcher until it starts to dry, then turn it hair side out for final drying. Vacuum and comb the pelt before you sell it.
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