Hide pulling pliers?

[Spcamno]

Anybody has experience with hide pulling pliers?

My thumbs are getting tired and not like before, thinking of getting a pair for next season but can't decide between these two.

Aware about the golf ball method but its not feasible where I am at, used an vise grip this season work okay but looking for better options to save my sore thumbs lol.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Js4fn]

Black pair work slick

 

[45ACPKING]

I have often just cut a sapling down to about a foot and a half long and left a branch stub near the end sticking out a couple inches.
Make a small hole in the hide for the branch stub and pull. Works really well and no tools to buy or pack around. Lets you get a solid 2 hand grip as well.

 

[billdick]

The picture on the right is my choice because the harder you pull the tighter it grips. The others work too but theyre kind of two handed.

 

[track]

The method I use to removed animal hides started in 1982. Immediatley after the photo's are taken, animals are skinned, wrapped in cheese cloth, packed out and hung. It's the best way to cool the meat and prevent dirt, hair, grass or bugs from affecting it.

 

[Hollow Point]

Are you skinning big game or are you skinning furbearers?

 

[Dogleg]

I’ e got the black one though I seldom use it. Kids bought it for me. Ost of my stuff gets done in the field on the ground.

It works though, you can put your boot in the big handles and really pull. Or maybe it becomes push at that point

 

[Spcamno]

Thanks for all the posts.

Been using my bare hands for years but lately base of my left thumb developed pain from over use guess I m getting old now lol.

Just looking for better options than wear out my thumbs when pulling hides, it will be mainly on big games especially deers as I usually hang (dry aging) my deer with hide for 2 weeks (use a converted beverage cooler as dry ager).

I know hide is easier to remove right after field dressing but hanging without hide yield too much meat lost, has to trim the dried surface like rind.

Any other input will be very much appreciated please keep them coming.

 

[obsessed1b]

I have the viking hide puller ( silver one) its a great tool. In the field though I use a tiny needle nose vise grip. It works fantastic. When we skin hogs i use the viking. It works quite well. I also had one of the black type but broke the jaw off... that one requires two hands as the two grip loops don't come close enough together to grab with one hand.

 

[smokeeter]

if you're not saving the hide, just put a slit in it for your fingers or hand to have a good purchase point.

 

[Mr Bill]

Skinning a warm fresh kill is much easier than something thats been hanging for a week. I didn’t know there were specialty tools like hide pullers but this old dog may have learned a new trick. Amazon, here I come…

Having sustained a ‘boo boo’ on my left hand a few years back pulling on a skin while working a knife with the good hand became more difficult than I could have imagined. And I don’t know what it is about squirrel hide, stronger than kevlar and tougher to remove than a rusted on chastity belt. lol … cheers

 

[Bigbubba]

We skin our deer immediately so it’s just a couple quick hard pulls and done

If I was doing animals that were cold I’d get the one on the left

 

[45ACPKING]

I came to use the stick method a few years ago on a solo trip where i ended up bagging two coastal blacktails within seconds of each other (allowed 2 in that region). Had a stumble in the steep bedrock terrain and the deer got away from me and slid down the mountain a bit. The head spun as it slipped and i didn't let go of the antlers in time. The result was 2 dislocated and one broken finger on my right hand.... It was a sh!t show LOL. Did what first aid and finger relocating that I could and then somehow managed to get both animals back to my truck. Next came skinning them for game bags as it was too warm and the big blow flies were out. Not only did i have to do all the knife work left handed, when it came to pulling the hide, I have a bad left shoulder and between the mangled throbbing hand and the buggered left shoulder, I needed a solution. That's when i decided a good 1 1/2 or so thick piece of alder sapling with a stub of a branch sticking out as a hook might do the job hooking it into holes i cut in the hide. Worked extremely well for me in my injured state but have used the same "tool" many times on hunts since.