Skinning a deer with a tractor

I want to try that next year with the quad or Jeep for our evening skins. We seem to always get deer at last light and after field dressing and in the case of last year, weighing, they get nice and cold.
 
Can this be done after a deer has been hung for a few days? (Like up to a week in November i.e. freezes at night - almost frozen carcass.)
 
A girl in the office was telling me this is how her husband did his this year. He heard about it and had to try it. He said worked great. You just have to put a golf ball under skin so rope does not tear hide. He used his truck and a tree.
 
I was almost think it would have to be warm to do that. Used to peel rabbits like that ( lol without the use of the tractor) , but always did it when they were warm. I wonder how much time you actually save though, because I would think there would still be a lot of fat to trim after doing that.


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dang nabbit, they did it so quick like, they might aiven have time to warsh the truck n head inta town!
 
If you factor in all the time fastening the deer to the post/tree, getting the tractor/jeep in place, starting the skinning so that you have something to tie to, I bet you woulkd have had the deer pretty much skinned in the spot where it is going to hang anyway.

But it would make for a boring video.
 
That method is older than tractors or golf balls.
In the old days, they used horses to do it.
How do you believe they skinned buffalo
before inventing tractors?
 
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Woodsman said:
Can this be done after a deer has been hung for a few days? (Like up to a week in November i.e. freezes at night - almost frozen carcass.)
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Yep, we've had them hanging for 5-6 days in November and they come off just as easily. It goes really quickly if you put them on their back on a picnic table, have your best skinner doing the neck and four guys on legs
 
I live up north where there are no tree's to tie animals up in and skin, etc. I'm curious as to why do they hang deer to skin and not just do it on the ground quickly? I just recently shot and skinned a Umingmak(muskox) ... it took a little bit longer than a large tuktu(caribou) but not much longer really ... and I would hate to find out what an animal would be like skinning when it's cold? I'm just curious what you think my fellow CGNer's?

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. joe-NWT, I agree with your post ... ;)
 
Otokiak said:
I live up north where there are no tree's to tie animals up in and skin, etc. I'm curious as to why do they hang deer to skin and not just do it on the ground quickly? I just recently shot and skinned a Umingmak(muskox) ... it took a little bit longer than a large tuktu(caribou) but not much longer really ... and I would hate to find out what an animal would be like skinning when it's cold? I'm just curious what you think my fellow CGNer's?

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. joe-NWT, I agree with your post ... ;)
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Why do we hang deer to skin them? Because down south, on the ground, we have this stuff called Dirt (soil):D and dried foliage (plants);). Often there is no layer of snow to keep things clean so if there is an opportunity to hang your game and then skin it, it just keeps everything cleaner, hair included. But many times game is still skinned on the ground. All depends on the situation.

Just funnin' with the dirt/plants there, Jason.;)
 
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