Thread: Skinning a lamb : Critical Success factors ...

Yeah, you wont see much difference between how I do it and the first 2 vids, except I can't stand the sight of a skin without the ears left on. The ears are the proof of ownership through ear marks or tags. It was the same with ears when meat hunting, except they needed to be clean of tags or ear marks.

Even now, I still leave the ears on the deer I shoot and bring out whole.

Im not to different from the vid. Few little things,I always strip the meat down the esophagus a little before tying it to prevent the knot from slipping off and I wouldn't do much knife work around the tail, just work in from the flank , to the spine then full fist up to the tail in a rolling motion. The long tail might change that a bit though.
Never used water. Some will always be little harder than others, like all animals.

That Ausi butcher is brilliant and very skilled. You might find it easier and cleaner to gut on the ground after doing your first skinning cuts,tying off the wind pipe and oesophagus then the arse hole and then split the abdomen, cut round the diaphragm reach forward in the chest to grip the wind pipe and pull the whole lot down from there back. That will pull a fine skin down that lines the cavity with the gut and leave it perfectly clean.
Then to skin hang from the head or front legs ( the head is better if you can see it will hold) the skin then pulls down over the shoulders leaving a perfect job. Just make sure to punch carefully around the back legs. With a wild pig split the skin down the back and pull off in ywo halves.

if you do majority of punching out on ground BEFORE opening front up it helps no end, also if you punch from head towards bum you will keep that pesky thin meat layer on carcass work around front of shoulder and down each flank right up to tits region,sometimes you can get right around back and then only have split up front and wee bit around bum left once its strung up. if you do it asap from death it will come off piece of piss, I can shoot mine (yes they are mine) chuck it in wagon and be home skinning it 10-15mins later and they still come off fine. wouldn't leave it any longer though.

A month or so ago I gave a mate a hand to skin some sheep. his method :
1st he killed it.
2 - he made a nick inside rear leg.
3 - he put a air gun in the nick and filled it full of compressed air.
4 - hung it.
5 - skin/punch it out
6 - gut
7 - clean up, next one .....

Done the air gun trick a few times on venison. Not very tidy but they ate well set and chilled by the time I skin them.
Does it still bubble up the membranes when warm?

The Aussie guy knew how to weld a knife.

Originally Posted by craigc

The Aussie guy knew how to weld a knife.

wield

wonder if the golf ball trick works with sheep

Originally Posted by Dynastar27

wonder if the golf ball trick works with sheep

???

What's the Golf Ball trick ?

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cut of the hoofs cut the skin around the neck insert golf ball in the cut a bout 3 inch tie bailing twine or rope below the ball

tie the head off to a fence post and the twine to a 4x4 and drive slowly

have a look on youtube hahaha its pretty kool

Originally Posted by Dynastar27

cut of the hoofs cut the skin around the neck insert golf ball in the cut a bout 3 inch tie bailing twine or rope below the ball

tie the head off to a fence post and the twine to a 4x4 and drive slowly

have a look on youtube hahaha its pretty kool

He wants is done nice not rough as guts bro

Doesnt look like it does a bad job @BRADS

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my main fault on my last sheep[ was i forgot a few of the tricks as i hadnt done a sheep for years but punching on the ground means if you dont forget that you shouldnt get in behind that meaT layer that makes the job look good. ive never seen anybody on farms tie off the neck in the works yes and stuff half a box of tissue up the gunga to.
that guy had all the essential;s a sharp knife skill and perfect technique.
remember the thumbs if you get in behind that meat layer and you can salvage it unlesss your,ve already gone on pullin the skin like i did.
i was embarrassed by my job but it tasted alright
that wouldnt have been an excuse any of my foirmer bosses would have excepted tho

Originally Posted by Tahr

Yeah, you wont see much difference between how I do it and the first 2 vids, except I can't stand the sight of a skin without the ears left on. The ears are the proof of ownership through ear marks or tags. It was the same with ears when meat hunting, except they needed to be clean of tags or ear marks.

Even now, I still leave the ears on the deer I shoot and bring out whole.

Tahr at work
Nice clean job too