The Process Of Skinning A Deer

Whether you like it or not, you will need to skin the deer you bring home after hunting in the wood. Skinning a deer can be easier if you know the relevant information, especially about their physical characteristics and organs.

The skin and muscle tissues of the deer are naturally separate from one another because of the protective membranes, making the process of skinning a lot more like following a built-in blueprint than like trying to lift a rug in the dark.

Before skinning, you should hang the deer down so that the skinning process can be thorough and the meat can be cleaner. Basically, you should do skinning within two hours since the deer died to keep the meat fresh and healthy.

Your knife should be especially sharp. Supposing the deer is hung by the legs, find the large tendon connecting the lower leg segment to the rest of the deer's leg. You should poke a whole with your knife in between the tendon and the bone there, then use your fingers to feel the lump that is created by the deer's bone.

After that, find two parts of the double joint at the lower part of body to be torn. The leg should then be broken to ease the skinning process.

After you have broken the deer's legs, make several incisions around and near the tendon areas. There should be a whole between the tendon and the bone of the lower leg, as well as several incisions near the front legs.

After that, we move deeper to the front legs. Break and make openings just like you do with the lower legs. Get inside the skin near the lower leg openings and pull it off to start the skinning process.

Essentially, the pulling of the deer's skin should work a lot like pulling a tight jacket or pair of blue jeans off. It may be a little bit awkward, but the layer of meat revealed below the skin should be a more than ample reward.

Generally, it takes from 10 to 15 minutes to skin a deer. Otherwise, it can be longer if you are not experienced with the process. Skinning is also tiring. But real hunters just would not want to miss the step.

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