How to Skin a Dead Animal

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Place carcass

   make the cut shallow so you do not pierce the stomach. , Peel the hide back several inches on each side to keep hair out of meat. , You can do this by cutting to one side of the sternum where the ribs can join. ,, Cut only where necessary to free them. , Pinch the urethra tightly and cut it beyond the point you are pinching. ,,,,, Then peel the skin back, using your knife in a slicing motion to cut the membrane between the skin and the meat.
   
   Continue this until the entire skin is removed. , The heart, liver, and kidneys are edible.
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   Step 2: belly up

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   Step 3: on a slope if available.

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   Step 4: Remove genitals or udder.

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   Step 5: Remove musk glands at the knees.

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   Step 6: Split hide from tail to throat.

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   Step 7: Insert your knife under the skin

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   Step 8: taking care not to cut into the body cavity.

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   Step 9: Open the chest cavity by splitting the sternum.

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    Step 10: Reach inside and cut the windpipe and gullet as close to the base of the skull as possible.

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    Step 11: With the forward end of the intestinal tract free

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    Step 12: work your way to the rear

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    Step 13: lifting out internal organs and intestines.

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    Step 14: Carefully cut the bladder away the carcass so that you do not puncture the bladder (urine can contaminate meat).

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    Step 15: Remove the bladder.

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    Step 16: From the outside of the carcass

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    Step 17: cut a circle around the anus.

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    Step 18: Pull the anus into the body cavity and out the carcass.

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    Step 19: Lift or roll the carcass to drain all the blood.

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    Step 20: Remove the hide

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    Step 21: make cuts along the inside of the legs to just above the hoof or paw.

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    Step 22: Most of the entrails are usable.

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