how do you hang and skin?

[notchfir3]

im amazed at the diiferent ways people hang and skin deer. iv tried several but the way i do it anymore is to hang from back legs on a single tree( redneck for gambrel). then just skin him down. how do you all do it?

 

[elkdog]

im amazed at the diiferent ways people hang and skin deer. iv tried several but the way i do it anymore is to hang from back legs on a single tree( redneck for gambrel). then just skin him down. how do you all do it?

Same for me.

 

[rooster440]

I hang from the neck. For me it’s easier and I think the residual blood drains out easier this way.


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[vanish]

Most of my animals don't get hung at all. Instead, they are broken down on their side in the field.

 

[Brendan]

I've started using a meat hook under the pelvis hanging inverted.

https://www.realtree.com/deer-hunting/articles/you-ve-been-hanging-your-deer-wrong-for-years

Edit: This is for whitetail that get hung and aged whole before skinning.

 

[rayporter]

head up and debone from the top down

but I will try that pelvis hook

we have a trough that we lay the deer in that is about waist high to skin down the legs and start peeling around the stomach toward the back. as the deer goes up the hide comes off easy.

 

[widnert]

I've enjoyed watching the "Bearded Butchers" on YouTube. Amazing how fast these guys break down a deer. Guess that comes from a lot of practice!

 

[ndbwhunter]

I've started using a meat hook under the pelvis hanging inverted.

https://www.realtree.com/deer-hunting/articles/you-ve-been-hanging-your-deer-wrong-for-years

Edit: This is for whitetail that get hung and aged whole before skinning.

So I'm assuming the pelvic bone is not split when gutting if using this method?

 

[notchfir3]

Most of my animals don't get hung at all. Instead, they are broken down on their side in the field.

Like Tywin Lannister did, Right ?

 

[MallardSX2]

Does and "un-mountable" bucks I hang by the neck.

Cut the legs off with a cordless saws-all with a wood blade on it

Cur a ring around the neck and cut right down the spine with a zipper knife to the tail and hook onto it with a 4 wheeler and pull the hide right off.

I can pull a deer hide off in literally 5 minutes tops and that includes pulling the deer out of the truck or buggy and hanging the deer...

I dont know how it could be any easier. Seriously, if it gets easier than this then please let me know. lol Watching people skin deer on YouTube is painful and soooo slow. lol

It takes me 10-15 minutes to 1/4 a deer and get it on ice.

Total operation isn't much more than 20 minutes?

 

[MallardSX2]

 

[FLAK]

im amazed at the diiferent ways people hang and skin deer. iv tried several but the way i do it anymore is to hang from back legs on a single tree( redneck for gambrel). then just skin him down. how do you all do it?

Same.

 

[MallardSX2]

 

[Grundy53]

I hang from the back legs. Head down. Once you cut of the head and cut out the esophagus it drains a lot better.

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[flatlanderhuffandpuff]

I always skin hanging from the head working down. The past few years We have been doing the golf ball method shown above only doing it in reverse. Hang the deer from the bucket of the tractor and tie the golf ball chain to a 55 gallon drum full of concrete then raise the bucket. It works much better when they are fresh, not as smooth after they hang in the cold for a while.

 

[Titan_Bow]

Like someone else mentioned earlier, I break down most every one of mine in the field. I’m almost always hunting public land, and a ways from the truck. It’s sooo much easier to quarter on out and get him in a backpack and back to the truck, versus dragging it back.


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[camping1601]

Hang from the rear legs and each leg is hung independently so I'm not chasing it around in circles.
I recall reading that the USDA recommends hanging from the rear so the blood drain away from the better cuts.

 

[ChrisAU]

Hang from the rear legs and each leg is hung independently so I'm not chasing it around in circles.
I recall reading that the USDA recommends hanging from the rear so the blood drain away from the better cuts.

We use a gambrel, but then just take a bungee strap from one side of the gambrel to the post/winch. Keeps it from spinning. I would lose my mind chasing one around spinning that is hung by the head.

 

[Jwukie]

Hunting my own property has made me lazy. Hoist em with the tractor, one cut and gravity does most of the work.

 

[Bubblehide]

I hang mine horizontally, against the ground and debone them on the spot.