Skinning Squrrels.
 

Look at these.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBwxGQMMSZI
It works very well.

Good Luck

That is awesome! I could watch those videos over and over. :happy0001:

Pretty good way to do it. I'll try that next time I hunt for tree rats.

I've been skinning them like that since my dad showed me in the 70's. It's amazing how hard it is to skin one if you don't know how to do it.

We had a group at our farm in WV last year squirrel hunting...and we had a pile of squirrels. There must have been 30 or 40. It took me about 1/2 hour to skin the whole pile...with someone else gutting them.

Tried it today,i ripped him in half.:violin:

13pt...In that video, the fella doesn't do much cutting after he gets through the tail bone. It makes it a little easier if you cut down the back legs a little.

Thats how we have always skinned squirrels. Another little tip that helps keep the hair off them is throw your squirrels in a bucket of water for a few minutes before you start. That way any hair that gets on them will be in clumps and be easy to spot and get off.

I'll give er a try!me and my buddy r goin this weekend.

Jacob...that's a good tip, and works incredibly on rabbits, too. The fur on rabbits is so dang light and fluffy that it just floats around when you skin them. If you soak the bunny first, then the fur isn't so light.

Wow, he makes it look so easy! I will definately be trying this.

I tried cuttin down the legs a little,worked like a charm!

Awesome, I can see I have wasted a lot of time skinning squirrels over the years.

Wildbill51

Get a pair of game shears (basically scissors with a little hump in them) and cut the feet off first.

Thanks for the Video

That is positively awesome! 40 years of hunting and I'd kinda gotten away from hunting em because they were such a pain to skin.

Not any more!

Wow cant wait to try that come summer

Oh ya does anyone know a way to skin squirls with a method simalar to this?

It also helps if you skin them right after you shoot them. I know when they sit in your game pouch all morning and get stiff it's like trying to pry bark off an old gnarly tree. When they're still warm and flexible it's a good bit easier.

I'm surprised one of these companies hasn't come up with a rabbit/squirrel field dressing kit. They try to sell everything else. "Try our new Butt-Out small game edition!"...

rw

LOL,thats funny!

Thanks. This makes it so much easier than the way i was taught

I grew up hunting small game including squirrel but got away from it when I started deer hunting about 18 years ago. I shot one last year with a .22 but picked up the shotgun and went out a couple weeks ago. I bagged 4. I remembered seeing this post so I watched the videos before cleaning the squirrels. I must say, this method is great. I made quick work of the squirrels and now have them in the freezer.

I've never seen it done in video...that was cool. I liked the Game Warden. We have skinned tree rats and rabbits like that for years. I agree with hosing down too. It is the most efficient way to do it.

yup, I had an ol timer show me that. never done it any other way since.

First heard of this method back in the late 50's,and the first time I tried it I must have cut too deep under the tail and when I stepped on the legs and pulled - the tail came off - so I figured it didn't work and never tried it again till now. The wetting is also a great idea - so simple - why didn't I think of that.
Thanks for the tip!

yep it looks to easy. i will have to try it for sure..

Best explanation I've seen for this method I've heard before. a pictures woth a thousand words, or worth at least 10 butchered squirrels!

It makes it a little easier if you cut down the back legs a little.

Thats an outstanding Video! I thought I had an easy way of doing it, but you got me beat by a mile!

Watching this and the one about the rabbits really gave me some great ideas. Thank you all for the input and new methods. They will be really helpful! BB

Easy peasy! Kind of interesting how the skin just sits on top of the flesh and not actually "attached" to it.

I have tried that way, it does not seem to work real well for me. Mostly I now skin them when they are warm. I use a pair of side cutter pliers or butcher scissors, cut their feet, & tail off. Cut them across the back, pull the hde off then cut their head off. Gut them, put them in a plastic bag. Throw them in my game bag.Wash my hands with hand sanitizer. The whole process don't take much longer than a minute.When I get back to my truck I throw them in my cooler of ice. I think skinnning them while they are warm is the key.

Just don't cut deeper than the skin.
If you do then the meat pulls away, and the skin will not come off.

learned that way as a youngster from my Dad in 1963, squirrel hunting was my favorite pass time back then.

Hey everyone. Thanks for the skinning tips. I have done it several ways in the past but have finally found the fasted and cleanest way to do it. (it was mentioned already) but if you'd like to see more video and more about squirrel hunting, visit this site because it all about squirrel hunting!

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there's one guy i know of.he'll make his cuts along both legs,and onto where they meet up where the tail is.and of course cut the tail bone.and cut the feet off.then he will use 550 paracord or some rope of same thickness,to tie the legs to a clothes line post.this way the squirrel will stay put.and that allows him to use both hands for removing the skin/fur..