Processing

[Arctic Lake]

Any of you fellas starting out with skinning and processing animals this can be applied to wild animals as well, may help you out . Notice how he pulls on the hide , how he steels his knife, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7KhVG5Di0
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[Would Rather Be Fishing]

Hmmmm I get the feeling that guy has done that once or twice before :-) Thanks for sharing!

[wideopenthrottle]

man did he ever make that look easy.....I have done at least 40 deer and he still moves too fast for me to pick up any real tips...heheheheh.....everything he did was very skill/practice based....incredible skill...thx for that one

[guest]

Wow pretty good for his 1st time eh.....
Lol. Good too see someone so good at his profession.

[longwalk]

Couple of guys called the Bearded Butcher on the internet. Very good info for the beginner. I have done more deer than I care to remember but I still click on their videos to pick up new tips. They work with minimal tools also, usually just a boning knife. Just like most home butchers wood do in the garage or kitchen.

[Norwestalta]

He’s very good at what he does. Thanks for posting

[Arctic Lake]

Couple of guys called the Bearded Butcher on the internet. Very good info for the beginner. I have done more deer than I care to remember but I still click on their videos to pick up new tips. They work with minimal tools also, usually just a boning knife. Just like most home butchers wood do in the garage or kitchen.

Thanks for the tip ! I will look them up .
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[Arctic Lake]

Yea he knows what he is doing ! Mobile slaughtering . I knew a few fellas that were faster, all had knarled up fingers from grabbing hides all day long . Automation has taken over in big plants . I think I saw a fella on here that had a rig that he put in his hitch receiver that you could lift an animal off the ground with. probably not a moose but a deer for sure.
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[tuner]

This dude is pretty quick as well.

https://youtu.be/cTPMUAn-ZCE

[cdub]

My wife did a coon with our air compressor

[Arctic Lake]

My wife did a coon with our air compressor

Never done it but I hear you can do domestic sheep that way .
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[moosinaround]

Very nice knife work for sure! Not sure I like the cleaver for splitting it in half, but still a very good slaughter man!! The trailer with the lifts makes managing a large carcass pretty easy. Nice to have wash down water too! That looked like a nice beef carcass, very yellow fat, gonna be nice marbling! Moosin

[bcsteve]

Is he using a knife or a light saber!?!

[willyqbc]

Pretty impressive for sure! Gotta think theres some kind of special grind on those knives to move that fast with those long strokes on the hide without ever nicking the meat, or accidentally slicing a hole in the hide. Would be very interested to see how his skinner is profiled/ground

[bc7mm]

Wow, now that’s fast

[Arctic Lake]

Pretty impressive for sure! Gotta think theres some kind of special grind on those knives to move that fast with those long strokes on the hide without ever nicking the meat, or accidentally slicing a hole in the hide. Would be very interested to see how his skinner is profiled/ground

Most fellas keep a 15 degree . They use smooth cut butcher steels on slaughter floors just to align the edge when it starts to turn over .They use air knives now along with mechanical hide pullers in the larger plants .Will post a link today of that process . I just thought showing the process would help new fellas out on how to skin game .
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[Arctic Lake]

Here is an air knife in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvXc9S9A3Go
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[elknut]

I think he showed me how to steel a knife ..Very light smooth strokes ..Great skinning ..Also rebuffs the opinions of never to use water on meat !....Dennis

[Arctic Lake]

Thought I would post this up again so any of you fellas that have not dressed out a moose may be able to get some ideas on how to go about it. I realize this is a beef carcass and conditions are different when in the field dressing out an animal but you may be able to pick up a few tips
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[lakelander]

He is so gentle when he sharpens his knife, almost in slow motion. Then switches to normal speed with the carcass...very cool.

[Quiet Hunter]

Damn that was quick. I got some practicing to do lol