Car Skinning a Deer, pics

snake284

I use a golf ball. A smooth rock will work. In these pics the deer was hung from a tree. I've done it by tying the deer to a fence. You gotta cut around the neck and cut up the legs and pull the skin down below the front legs. Then put the golf ball, Rock, Tennis ball, baseball whatever works for you, under the skin and tie a rope around it. The rope needs to be relatively small in diameter, say 3/8s" to half inch diameter. If you have a trailer hitch ball that is ideal to tie around to hook to the car. Then drive off slowly.

I tried this with a 150 pound boar hog. Didn't work. A hog is too tough. Maybe a small hog, up to 70 pounds, at least that was my experience. Oh yeah, and drive off slooooowly..

early

As long as they're dead first. :up:

Six-Gun

I've wanted to try this for a while. However, I have heard that you should never try this with a spine-shot deer or any other deer that has had it's backbone compromised, as it could result in a heavy, wet wallop to the back of your vehicle (and the expected level of damage that comes with it) when the critter busts into two parts.

JerryBobCo

I saw a local butcher skin a couple of antelope that Linefinder and I killed using this technique. He hung them upside down, though, instead of head up. I'm not sure why, but that's the way he did it.

It didn't take long once he got them hung up and skinned around the hocks. Also, I think he used a golf ball, but I don't remember for sure.

Jayhawker

I've used a come-along in the same manner....

Six-Gun

JerryBobCo wrote: »

I saw a local butcher skin a couple of antelope that Linefinder and I killed using this technique. He hung them upside down, though, instead of head up. I'm not sure why, but that's the way he did it.

It didn't take long once he got them hung up and skinned around the hocks. Also, I think he used a golf ball, but I don't remember for sure.

The place near my old Nebraska stomping ground also used an upside-down approach, but did it with a hydraulic system that approximates the same thing as using a car. It's stunning to hand your deer off to one guy and, by the time you're done handing your processing order sheet for a different worker, see your deer completely skinned and already being moved on to the cutting station.

jaywapti

Back in the 60s I was hunting with 2 old timers in Colo. when one of them picked up a rock and bet me 10 bucks he could skin my deer in less than 10 min. with the rock, I lost the bet.

JAY

snake284

Six-Gun wrote: »

I've wanted to try this for a while. However, I have heard that you should never try this with a spine-shot deer or any other deer that has had it's backbone compromised, as it could result in a heavy, wet wallop to the back of your vehicle (and the expected level of damage that comes with it) when the critter busts into two parts.

I agree. But anywhere else, like a shoulder shot or in the ribs it works great.

snake284

JerryBobCo wrote: »

I saw a local butcher skin a couple of antelope that Linefinder and I killed using this technique. He hung them upside down, though, instead of head up. I'm not sure why, but that's the way he did it.

It didn't take long once he got them hung up and skinned around the hocks. Also, I think he used a golf ball, but I don't remember for sure.

The first time I tried this was on my last deer lease back in the early 90s. The guy who told me about it said to hang it by the neck. I was hard headed and tried it upside down. I found that it was harder for the skin to come off. If you hang it by the neck and pull down toward the deer's behind on the skin rather than doing it the traditional up side down direction and it comes off easier. However using your car or pickup you don't notice the extra effort requires so much.

Montana Ranch

I've never seen this done before, but what a great idea! Definitely something I'm going to try on my next deer!

NN

Montana Ranch wrote: »

I've never seen this done before, but what a great idea! Definitely something I'm going to try on my next deer!

Welcome aboard

snake284

Montana Ranch wrote: »

I've never seen this done before, but what a great idea! Definitely something I'm going to try on my next deer!

Hey it works good. But there's a little preparation skinning the front legs and around the neck and down. You need it skinned down just below the front legs, at least that's what we always do and it comes right off. But it doesn't take long.