Skinning Squirrel

NHmsj · 11-02-2007, 07:54 PM

Hey, how many of you squirrel hunters use the method shown in the linked video?

http://members.localnet.com/~nickdd/Mr.SQUACKS_0001.wmv

I gave it my first try this evening and now I am a "true believing convert!" For years I skinned my bushy tails using the "slit across the back and pull" method. The method shown in the video was much faster and far cleaner. Great why to skin a squirrel. However, it is important to make the initial cut as shown, cutting a bit beyond the tail, peeling back a bit of hide to step on. If you don't, and you just step on the tail, you'll have a stripped tail and an unskinned squirrel. Went there, did that.

msj

jerry · 11-02-2007, 07:59 PM

Not a bad way to go, especially if the carcass is still warm. I still like the cut back and pull opposite ways method.

rtch77 · 11-02-2007, 10:40 PM

will try next time

browning11193 · 12-02-2007, 09:19 PM

very nice. i always went with the cut off the head and peel the skin all the way down to the tail (very messy) your way sounds very clean

NHmsj · 12-02-2007, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by browning11193

... your way sounds very clean

Especially if you gut the squirrel after you skin it, far less hair on the carcass, much neater all the way around.

Big Dog · 12-03-2007, 04:43 AM

I still use the old tried&true "Back Slit and Pull" method - takes their little shirts and pants off separately.

jerry · 12-03-2007, 07:38 AM

I tried it on the last two I shot. One worked slicker than snot. I don't know what happend with the other, I had the gut sack tore open and eventually about had him ripped in half.

two-70 · 12-03-2007, 12:56 PM

gonna give that a try when i get out in a few days on my first limb rat hunt

ArkansasHunter · 12-03-2007, 01:05 PM

Thank you Thank you Thank you I hate skinning squirrels by my self and that is going to make my squirrel hunting a lot more fun now...Praise the LORD !!!
That style probably needs to be done after you pick up the squirrel because he/she is still warm...A.H
THANKS NHmsj for postting that and I'm fixing to go to the woods and see if I can make it work for me.

two-70 · 12-03-2007, 01:07 PM

probably works very well after doin it a few times im sure

NHmsj · 12-03-2007, 06:28 PM

Actually A.H., I've peeled them back fairly easily even after some time has passed. Just grabbed the the front and back legs and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d them a bit. After that, everything works out pretty much the same.

I hope you had a productive hunt.

msj

ArkansasHunter · 12-16-2007, 01:48 AM

This is worth seeing again !!!

webs · 12-16-2007, 03:37 AM

A good method for Skinning squirrels.I have done it like this since I first started skinning them.

soonerborn · 12-16-2007, 06:58 PM

dunno, but this is the way I was brought up to skin'em, havent really tried any other way so I cant really give you any input on what is the best way. Occasionally you will rip a gut sack, tends to be on the younger ones too.

two-70 · 12-16-2007, 07:05 PM

hey soonerborn where ya from in oklahoma ?

soonerborn · 12-16-2007, 07:09 PM

Ardmore area

two-70 · 12-16-2007, 07:28 PM

ponca city here

Momoney567 · 12-16-2007, 08:16 PM

Yep thats how i skin them just gotta be careful cutting into his tail not to break his tail bone

ArkansasHunter · 12-16-2007, 08:26 PM

I thought you broke the tail bone or how else is the hide goona peel off ?

webs · 12-17-2007, 12:31 AM

The method I use you do cut thru the tail bone and in to the skin on the back.

11-02-2007, 07:54 PM	#1
NHmsj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 128	Skinning Squirrel Hey, how many of you squirrel hunters use the method shown in the linked video? http://members.localnet.com/~nickdd/Mr.SQUACKS_0001.wmv I gave it my first try this evening and now I am a "true believing convert!" For years I skinned my bushy tails using the "slit across the back and pull" method. The method shown in the video was much faster and far cleaner. Great why to skin a squirrel. However, it is important to make the initial cut as shown, cutting a bit beyond the tail, peeling back a bit of hide to step on. If you don't, and you just step on the tail, you'll have a stripped tail and an unskinned squirrel. Went there, did that. msj

11-02-2007, 07:59 PM	#2
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,903 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Not a bad way to go, especially if the carcass is still warm. I still like the cut back and pull opposite ways method. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

12-03-2007, 04:43 AM	#6
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,221	I still use the old tried&true "Back Slit and Pull" method - takes their little shirts and pants off separately. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

12-03-2007, 12:56 PM	#8
two-70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ponca city, oklahoma Posts: 1,778	gonna give that a try when i get out in a few days on my first limb rat hunt __________________ What Would Jesus Do ????? Just Ask Him.

12-03-2007, 01:07 PM	#10
two-70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ponca city, oklahoma Posts: 1,778	probably works very well after doin it a few times im sure __________________ What Would Jesus Do ????? Just Ask Him.

11-02-2007, 10:40 PM	#3
rtch77 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 69 Images: 6	will try next time

12-02-2007, 09:19 PM	#4
browning11193 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	very nice. i always went with the cut off the head and peel the skin all the way down to the tail (very messy) your way sounds very clean

12-03-2007, 07:38 AM	#7
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,903 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	I tried it on the last two I shot. One worked slicker than snot. I don't know what happend with the other, I had the gut sack tore open and eventually about had him ripped in half.

12-03-2007, 01:05 PM	#9
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	Thank you Thank you Thank you I hate skinning squirrels by my self and that is going to make my squirrel hunting a lot more fun now...Praise the LORD !!! That style probably needs to be done after you pick up the squirrel because he/she is still warm...A.H THANKS NHmsj for postting that and I'm fixing to go to the woods and see if I can make it work for me.

12-03-2007, 06:28 PM	#11
NHmsj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 128	Actually A.H., I've peeled them back fairly easily even after some time has passed. Just grabbed the the front and back legs and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d them a bit. After that, everything works out pretty much the same. I hope you had a productive hunt. msj __________________ "I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam!" (Popeye the Sailor)

12-16-2007, 01:48 AM	#12
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	This is worth seeing again !!!

12-16-2007, 03:37 AM	#13
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Images: 3	A good method for Skinning squirrels.I have done it like this since I first started skinning them.

12-16-2007, 06:58 PM	#14
soonerborn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 320	dunno, but this is the way I was brought up to skin'em, havent really tried any other way so I cant really give you any input on what is the best way. Occasionally you will rip a gut sack, tends to be on the younger ones too.

12-16-2007, 07:05 PM	#15
two-70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ponca city, oklahoma Posts: 1,778	hey soonerborn where ya from in oklahoma ? __________________ What Would Jesus Do ????? Just Ask Him.

12-16-2007, 07:09 PM	#16
soonerborn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 320	Ardmore area

12-16-2007, 07:28 PM	#17
two-70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ponca city, oklahoma Posts: 1,778	ponca city here __________________ What Would Jesus Do ????? Just Ask Him.

12-16-2007, 08:16 PM	#18
Momoney567 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern tube Louisiana Posts: 208	Yep thats how i skin them just gotta be careful cutting into his tail not to break his tail bone

12-16-2007, 08:26 PM	#19
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,722	I thought you broke the tail bone or how else is the hide goona peel off ?

12-17-2007, 12:31 AM	#20
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Images: 3	The method I use you do cut thru the tail bone and in to the skin on the back.