SKINNING

Interesting...anyone ever tried this before and if so please tell us your experience.:moose:


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I have never tried it personally but if you search air skinning on youtube there is a lot of videos of people using compressors to skin coyotes and rabbits and raccoons and deer and even squirrels. It is interesting to watch that is for sure but i dont know if i would try it. By the time i got the air all hooked up and ready to go i could have most of the work done just doing it by hand.

I have never used this on a deer as u usually hang it for a week and it's opened up already. I have used that method several times on meat goats and lamb I process at home. Works very well. Great for tough goats

Tried it this year. You still need to skin out the hocks and lower legs and the neck chest wasn't any easier and they were already field dressed and had other "holes" so not air tight. Didn't seem any easier on warm deer than doing it without the inflation. There was a concern they might pop off and fly around the room, and if you wanted to do some pics they look a lot heavier inflated.

Some Greeks do it this way, truth be told about the only thing on a deer you need to skin out is the legs, anal area and neck and where you've opened up the belly. A knife isn't needed if your doing it properly for the rest.

most of separating the hide from the meat can be done with your thumb by pulling the hide out with your left hand and using your right thumb rather quickly. This is how lambs and deer have been done for years in abattoirs you need strong hands and forearms but if your at all handy shouldn't take longer than 10 to 15 minutes to hang, skin gut and wash out a deer.

when it's done properly there is little to no meat lost for trimming spoiled meat.

I haven't used this and would only use it on an animal I wouldn't eat such as a coyote. The air coming out of the compressor is coming from an oil or teflon lubed cylinder. I don't want that residue on my food. In industrial applications with supplied air systems people have gotten quite sick from air from a compressor that was oil lubed.
My 2 cents.

HD

we skin our deer with a 4wheeler and it works awesome.
fast
no hair on the meat


Dan

I have used a pressure washer to flesh deer hides. Works well!

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Originally Posted by arclight

I have used a pressure washer to flesh deer hides. Works well!

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How do you not blow holes in the hide or loosen the hair? Which nozzle do you use?

Golf ball/atv method works well for me