Don't waste your deer hides!

[police women of America]

i would LOVE to see someone skin a deer like that in the field in five minutes.  Way different when a deer is hung at your house IMO

I apologize, it takes two extra minutes. So as you requested:

[frazierw]

two extra minutes for an expert on flat ground, who isnt doing any packing. 

[Bigshooter]

I would like to nominate this for dumbest thread of the year.  Comparing tossing a hide to wasting meat is idiotic. 

[grundy53]

Sorry but nothing anyone says will convince me that hides are as precious as the flesh my family consumes.  Also, not all of us shoot deer close to vehicles or places that are ideal for skinning.  I don't know a single backpack hunter who packs out a whole hide.  Deer or elk.

I can see leaving behind a hide if you're VERY far out. That's probably one of the few times I consider it fine to do. But probably (this is a total guess) 60% of hunters in Washington hunt no further than 5 miles from there truck.

How many deer have you personally skinned? How many hides have you packed out of the hills?

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[Buzz2401]

I would like to nominate this for dumbest thread of the year.  Comparing tossing a hide to wasting meat is idiotic. 

Take it easy I believe she is a minor.  Her views are a little skewed but experience comes with time. 

[Buckmark]

I just watched it, his knife skills scare me the way he cuts up and at himself 

As far as the wastage of a hide compared to meat, not even close. Meat is the usable/consumable portion of the animal that i as a hunter am after, i don't need nor want the hide, bones, brain etc etc so i don't keep them. Now i have in the past kept hides and had them tanned both hair on and off and they look great in the box stored on a shelf in the garage.

When the tannery was here in mayrsville i would if i could save them and get gloves in exchange, but only if it was easy to keep, if packing no way.

I would be careful to not categorize hunters that do not do what you do as wasteful as long as they are following the law   

[Boss .300 winmag]

Sorry but nothing anyone says will convince me that hides are as precious as the flesh my family consumes.  Also, not all of us shoot deer close to vehicles or places that are ideal for skinning.  I don't know a single backpack hunter who packs out a whole hide.  Deer or elk.

I can see leaving behind a hide if you're VERY far out. That's probably one of the few times I consider it fine to do. But probably (this is a total guess) 60% of hunters in Washington hunt no further than 5 miles from there truck.

How many deer have you personally skinned? How many hides have you packed out of the hills?

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This is in her comments section.


I'm a self taught hunter starting at age 11. Saved up enough money for a nice .308win Savage at 13. My first time hunting was in 2015, we came close but didn't bag a buck. And I've been trying to get a buck every year since!

Wisdom comes thru experience. 

[Bigshooter]

I would like to nominate this for dumbest thread of the year.  Comparing tossing a hide to wasting meat is idiotic. 

Take it easy I believe she is a minor.  Her views are a little skewed but experience comes with time.

That is me taking it easy. 

[Buzz2401]

lol fair enough

[TONTO]

Also, there is a certain person who does Bears as a specialty that was soliciting people with deer hides so she can use them for people who have ruined their deer capes. It was a Facebook post.... I'm not saying it's a member who doesn't post here any more.... Probably a fine upstanding business person.. 

  Never seen the Facebook post, but I did give her my buck cape this year as well as my last two bull capes. She does offer shop credit or cash, but I was more interested in it not going to waste and declined payment. She even came to my place, just under an hour away, and caped the head for me. Made cleaning up my euro easier and well it was a good looking double patch cape. Hope it makes sombody happy on their wall.

[ian_padron]

Sorry but nothing anyone says will convince me that hides are as precious as the flesh my family consumes.  Also, not all of us shoot deer close to vehicles or places that are ideal for skinning.  I don't know a single backpack hunter who packs out a whole hide.  Deer or elk.

That's a key point right there.

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[h2ofowlr]

I have never saved one.  Not interested in having them tanned and have no use for them unfortunately.  There are no orange barrels collecting them where I am to make gloves, etc.  It is what it is.  I hunt for the meat, as I love venison.  Not a trophy hunter unless it's waterfowl.

You can EARN money by giving them to local taxidermists. Throwing away hides is just as bad as leaving behind backstrips in my book. It's just.... Such a waste.
All you have to do is drop them off or ship them to Moscow Hide and Fur (Although Moscow requires that you flesh the hides). I know it's not the most convenient process, but as a hunter isn't it worth knowing that it doesn't go to waste?
In the future when I'm an adult I want to try to make it easier for hunters to give away there hides without going through this process.

Your thoughts may change when you get a little older.  I like where your coming from on this, but I still won't keep my capes.  I definitely wouldn't consider it the same as leaving behind backstraps. In fact I would challenge you to try eating part of the cape and I will do the backstraps and see if you see any difference in taste.   

[kentrek]

Waste is a tricky word.....what is "waste" ?? Everyone has a different idea of what is wasteful......and in America it usually has to do with how far it's gotta be packed to the truck

Look at some other cultures and see what they consider waste.....heck look at the difference in state regulations on what is wasteful.....

Waste is becoming more and more of an issue with the rise of "backcountry" hunters but hides are definitely pretty far down the list for our cultures general Idea of what is "waste"

Best part of hunting is being able to format your own opinions and having those opinions form over time...

[police women of America]

two extra minutes for an expert on flat ground, who isnt doing any packing.
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Practice makes perfect. I'll add another 3 minutes if it isn't flat ground. So now we have 10 minutes if it isn't hanged and you're not on flat ground. Most experienced hunters look for a hill to skin/gut their deer so the blood can drain easily and gravity works with them to get the guts out. So I think for most spots finding flat ground or a slight hit is common. And again, personally I think it's fine to leave a hide behind if you're too far in the backcountry to haul it. And if you have trouble skinning deer, Amazon and Cabelas have tools to help you.

[police women of America]

I just watched it, his knife skills scare me the way he cuts up and at himself 

As far as the wastage of a hide compared to meat, not even close. Meat is the usable/consumable portion of the animal that i as a hunter am after, i don't need nor want the hide, bones, brain etc etc so i don't keep them. Now i have in the past kept hides and had them tanned both hair on and off and they look great in the box stored on a shelf in the garage.

When the tannery was here in mayrsville i would if i could save them and get gloves in exchange, but only if it was easy to keep, if packing no way.

I would be careful to not categorize hunters that do not do what you do as wasteful as long as they are following the law 

I'm not saying hunters who do not use the hides are wasteful people. And I mean no one disrespect. But I do consider the act of leaving behind hides wasteful. There's just so much you can do with them and for none-hunters they're hard to get. I'm not saying people who leave behind hides should be put in prison or anything crazy, I'm just trying to show hunters they don't have to throw away such a precious material. I think you should use as much of the deer as possible so nothing goes to waste.