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Magic,
That's a good thing. Most of my time is lost skinning the deer. I can bone one out almost as fast as I an skin one. If I can get the skinning time down, I can get the whole job done on a morning kill and be back in the woods in time for the afternoon hunt. That's what I'm after. You know, when you think about it, what the processing plants do isn't that much different. I hadn't really given that much thought.

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It works just make sure you have strong ropes on both ends.;)

I did it this year with the deer I was keeping. I don't mess with the shoulders.Since I was at least keeping some of my deer, I choose to skin the whole thing before dropping it off at the preserve so the hotties didn't have to work so hard butchering the rest.;)

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Sounds like a good idea that would save a LOT of time. I just wish we could skin them warm here in OH, rather than transporting the WHOLE damned carcass to a checking station. They skin MUCH easier WARM than cold!!!!

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I didn't think skinning a deer was that involved, haha.

We always tie em up at the knee by the hind leg and work the skin off from there...very easy.

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Yeah it works.

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Dumbest thing you ever have to still do after shooting deer, drive to the check in station. They should just go to phone in and or internet. Before Va went to the phone in system (I think they went phone in) I quit taking my kills with me. They didn't care to see them so I didn't care to bring them. Worked for me.:D

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we do it on doe and small buck if we are in a bind for time. we also cut around the leg below the knee and up the center of the leg to the chest and the same with the back legs and up to the stomach. Then pull like you said. We dont do this as a habit at all.

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Ive done it once and it worked extremely well. Its good to have somebody there with you to watch the deer and rope so it dont break. they can also grab the deer after the hide is pulled off so that it wont be swinging in the trees.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nneTTeoPDYU&feature=related

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same here,work it down to the head and then cut the head with the cape off.....maybe 15mn,25 tops...