skinning tip

[fishy steve]

probably something many know, may have bin posted before, but something i stumbled upon a couple years ago, when you are done skinning a animal, or plucking a bird, a good technique for getting rid of any loose hair or pin feathers is take one of those small propane or butane torches, and just quickly scald them off... make sure not to cook the meat though...

[chris lavoie]

Your right!! Its a great way to rid waterfowl or grouse of those pin hairs. Saw my in laws doing that on chickens when they slaughtered them each fall. Actually I think they also dipped them in hot water too.

Of course the smell isn't too pleasant when burning the hair off animals I bet.

[fishy steve]

yup chickens dipped in hot water, main feathers pull right out, pin feathers burnt off... 5 minutes from live to finished...

big game, only any loose hair... no smell, if any skin still attached then ya bad smell

[chris lavoie]

I always seem to leave hair. Have never tried your technique on animals.

[fishy steve]

alot easier than wiping it off with paper towel... a buddy that cuts wild game showed me that... was there learning butchering from him and he showed me that

[400bigbear]

I skin my wildgame and fowl but yes good tip steve

[fishy steve]

ya i skin the fowl... to many feathers for even the hot water technique lol

[jim]

This is new? We used to use rolled news paper , on fire to singe fur, feathers.

[fishy steve]

This is new? We used to use rolled news paper , on fire to singe fur, feathers.

no like i said something many probably know... just made my life easier when someone showed me, passing it on for somebody who may not have known...

[400bigbear]

Hotwax works to Steve .Never tried it on wolves,bear,deer or moose though .