Skinning a Muskrat
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Skinning a Muskrat
Heres the Muskrat
I start by hanging the 'rat by the tail, then cutting around both back legs above the foot.
Then cut up the middle on each side towards the tail.
Now I cut both sides so I can start pealing down.
now I start peeling down.
I keep pulling down as far as I can if the guts start to rip out I like to help it down, by cutting the areas that are hanging up.
more pulling
when I get to the front legs I poke my thumb or finger through the skin under the armpit and pull out the front leg
once both legs are out I continue to pull to the head
now I cut around the head and cut the ears, and eyes and continue down until you cut the nose off...
done with skinning!
Now it's time to flesh......
I start by putting the skinned 'rat on a fleshing beam..
Then I use my fleshing knife to scrape any fat or meat off the pelt
once we get all the fat off we have to stretch and dry it, I use wire muskrat stretchers....
we pull it tight and pin it, but we don't overstrech it!
All done, now we hang it and let it dry for a couple days!
I start by hanging the 'rat by the tail, then cutting around both back legs above the foot.
Then cut up the middle on each side towards the tail.
Now I cut both sides so I can start pealing down.
now I start peeling down.
I keep pulling down as far as I can if the guts start to rip out I like to help it down, by cutting the areas that are hanging up.
more pulling
when I get to the front legs I poke my thumb or finger through the skin under the armpit and pull out the front leg
once both legs are out I continue to pull to the head
now I cut around the head and cut the ears, and eyes and continue down until you cut the nose off...
done with skinning!
Now it's time to flesh......
I start by putting the skinned 'rat on a fleshing beam..
Then I use my fleshing knife to scrape any fat or meat off the pelt
once we get all the fat off we have to stretch and dry it, I use wire muskrat stretchers....
we pull it tight and pin it, but we don't overstrech it!
All done, now we hang it and let it dry for a couple days!
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Re: Skinning a Muskrat
So how long does it take you to do one?
We just had our outdoor show in my county, they have the World Championship Muskrat Skinning Contest as part of it. Winner normally skins 5 rats in just under a minute! They use some special speed cuts, I think the fastest I ever got when I trapped was a rat a minute if I really tried.
We just had our outdoor show in my county, they have the World Championship Muskrat Skinning Contest as part of it. Winner normally skins 5 rats in just under a minute! They use some special speed cuts, I think the fastest I ever got when I trapped was a rat a minute if I really tried.
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It probably takes me a touch over a minute, but definately not five in a minute
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Awesome thread dude!
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Re: Skinning a Muskrat
Great post Chad! Do you salt your hides?
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dan wrote:Great post Chad! Do you salt your hides?
No, they just want them dried.......
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Do you make Muskrat stew or roast the rest?
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Never tried muskrat! Maybe I can get Ma Infalt to make some up!
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Re: Skinning a Muskrat
Rat Jerky or Rat Sausage??
VERY NICE walk through - much appreciated.
Have you ever tanned the hide? I know there's the old Deer Hide Tanning method that uses deer brains, but I don't know the ins and outs.
Care to share if you do? I want to do a Beaver Pelt next winter - he lives right behind my house and he's HUGE
VERY NICE walk through - much appreciated.
Have you ever tanned the hide? I know there's the old Deer Hide Tanning method that uses deer brains, but I don't know the ins and outs.
Care to share if you do? I want to do a Beaver Pelt next winter - he lives right behind my house and he's HUGE
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Thanks Chad for this very interesting and full of precision lesson!!!
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that is very interesting. I dont think I could ever learn to skin one in a minute.
And that meat does look good, I was thinking of grinding it when I saw it, otherwise I dont think I could get my wife and daughter to eat it.
And that meat does look good, I was thinking of grinding it when I saw it, otherwise I dont think I could get my wife and daughter to eat it.
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Had a friend that could skin a rat in 22 sec. and that was amazing.
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