Gutless method solo

[NRA4LIFE]

I have never heard of anyone else mentioning this, but I use my tripod to hold up legs if I am by myself. Beats the hell out of throwing them over your shoulder to skin the undersides. View attachment 957726

That is a fantastic idea.

 

[Mikido]

I have never heard of anyone else mentioning this, but I use my tripod to hold up legs if I am by myself. Beats the hell out of throwing them over your shoulder to skin the undersides. View attachment 957726

Post of the year. Genius

 

[butcherboy]

I just step over the leg and use the back of my knee or leg to hold it while I use two hands to skin. I’ll also just hold the leg between my knees as well.

 

[HunterGatherer]

I definitely prefer to start at the spine and work down- for sure on bulls. They piss all over themselves during the rut. That thick black hair around their junk is about the rankest part of the whole animal. Don’t want to start the whole process by getting your hands and knife covered in stanky urine. Same with the lower legs- I do those last, also to keep my knife sharp until the end.

 

[Blackbird]

I have found you can slip a leg in the loop on your trekking pole and jam the other side in the ground and be able to adjust the height of where it’s being held. It works pretty well when you don’t have a buddy to hold the leg.