![]() ![]() Once the animal is dead and hung by its hind legs, start removing the skin from the hind legs. We usually use a winch to raise and lower the animal so the hide is always at a comfortable level. Hanging also ensures a relatively clean hide because it is not contacting the ground. I prefer to hang it by the hind-legs, as it easy to use my body weight to pull the hide down off the carcass. You can also skin an animal on its back or on its side, or by its forelegs. If you are working with goats and sheep, it is usually easy to string the animal up by its hind legs. There are a couple of common ways to position the animal while you are skinning it. It is very easy to nick the hide with a knife, so try to use your hands to pull the hide from the carcass along the weaker connective tissues. Particularly with goats and sheep since their skin is much thinner than a deer. How you take the skin off the hide can dramatically impact the shape and quality of the finished buckskin, and determines the amount of sewing you have to do later on. It is hard to over-stress the importance of getting off on the right foot. The tools I use, a filleting and rounded blade knife Smoking: preserving the hide with wood smoke.Stretching/Softening: stretching the hide while it dries.Sewing: patching up any holes in the main body of the hide.Wringing: removing excess dress solution.Dressing: penetrating the hide with oil, usually brains. ![]()
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