The Process Of Skinning A Deer

By Ben Vinson

Whether you like it or not, you will need to skin the deer you bring home after hunting in the wood. Skinning a deer can be easier if you know the relevant information, especially about their physical characteristics and organs.

First of all, skinning a deer is not that difficult as you imagined before. Deer has protective membranes that separate their skin and muscle tissues, which make it easier for the skinning process.

Hang the deer down to start the skinning process. This way, it is easier to clean the deer from dirt and dust it gets during the journey home, and also from the skin itself. Do not wait too long for the skinning. Two hours is the maximum time. If you wait more than two hours, the skin may be more difficult to drag and the meat will no longer be fresh.

When skinning, make sure you use a really sharp knife so that you do not go through the same part over and over again. Stab somewhere between the deer's large tendon at the lower leg and bone. After that, use your finger to feel the lump.

After that, find two parts of the double joint at the lower part of body to be torn. The leg should then be broken to ease the skinning process.

The next step is to move on the upper side and make more holes near the deer's tendon and front legs. Keep focusing on the holes. If they are good, it will be easier for you to skin the deer later.

After that, we move deeper to the front legs. Break and make openings just like you do with the lower legs. Get inside the skin near the lower leg openings and pull it off to start the skinning process.

Since deer's skin is tight, you may find it hard to pull it off at the beginning. But the process will be easier after some parts are pulled. Just keep to the techniques.

For a standard rule, skinning a deer can take from ten to fifteen minutes depends on how fast you can do that. It is just one step closer to enjoy and show off your hunt. It may be hard for hunt novices, but they will learn quickly after few times of hunting. - 31499

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