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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: rasbo on January 10, 2014, 04:28:37 AM

Title: fleshing yotes
Post by: rasbo on January 10, 2014, 04:28:37 AM: man I have a heck of a time around the head and mostly the face,Im using a necker 600 any tips?
Title: Re: fleshing yotes
Post by: Ballance1 on January 10, 2014, 06:19:25 AM: Use a scalpel. When you turn the ears and lips etc. just continue with cleaning up the face
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 10, 2014, 06:26:50 AM: That's the fun part about skinning animals :chuckle: Do you have yourself a fleshing board ? That's always a must ....just remember to keep your knife sharp and lay the blade almost flat against the hide so you can control how much your taking off ...practice and patience...which I am still lacking :chuckle:
Title: Re: fleshing yotes
Post by: bob maier on January 10, 2014, 09:09:27 AM: I flesh coyotes from the ears down, don't see the need to flesh the face. Doesn't affect the end product. I also use the dull side of my flesher and just push the fat off.
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Post by: Trapper John on January 10, 2014, 09:11:10 PM: I've been fleshing yotes for years and I'm with Bob, you don't need to flesh the face just from the ears down. Use the dull side not the sharp side :bdid:, coyotes are easy to cut. Make sure you split the tail and open it up.
JC
Title: Re: fleshing yotes
Post by: stevemiller on January 10, 2014, 09:21:49 PM: Quote from: Trapper John on January 10, 2014, 09:11:10 PM
I've been fleshing yotes for years and I'm with Bob, you don't need to flesh the face just from the ears down. Use the dull side not the sharp side :bdid:, coyotes are easy to cut. Make sure you split the tail and open it up.
JC
would you say you can do this with others as well?Bear, deer, elk, cougar, bobcat, etc.
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Post by: duckmen1 on January 10, 2014, 09:25:12 PM: I didn't do a good enough job fleshing he face and it caused the hair to slip on my yotie I was doing
Title: Re: fleshing yotes
Post by: Trapper John on January 10, 2014, 10:05:37 PM: would you say you can do this with others as well?Bear, deer, elk, cougar, bobcat, etc.

No, those animals have more fat on their heads so they need to be fleshed. Here again use the dull side and push the fat off.
JC :hello:
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Post by: stevemiller on January 10, 2014, 10:10:06 PM: Ok thank you sir.
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Post by: Smossy on January 10, 2014, 10:24:42 PM: Use a spoon. That's what they taught us in trappers class.
Title: Re: fleshing yotes
Post by: rasbo on January 11, 2014, 04:00:33 AM: I have all the tools just really struggle around the face,thanks for the tips