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Any of you that are from the NW Iowa region will remember when Howard Thompson and members of the Ottoson club had their club fun hunt in the fall. For some reason it always coincided with my trip to Howard's to pheasant hunt. They always had a contest to see who could skin a coon the fastest. They had one member and I forget his name, I watched him skin one in 1 minute exactly. And he said he messed up and it didn't normally take that long. That was pretty impressive.
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quote:Originally posted by Todd K / UKC How do you strip the tail and skin out eyes and ears while you're walking? I mean something small and light like a rabbit I'm sure I could do but a coon? I would love to see the video. Well worth making a video Blue2011 !
ill make a video this kill season if i get a chance to hunt with him. My dad was telling me about a guy he used to hunt with years ago that could skin one the same way. It is hard to believe but theres atleast 2 people that can do it.
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from the time I hang it to being done is 1 min when I hurry.
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from the time I hang it to being done is 1 min when I hurry.
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While hunting last season i timed my buddy Brad Hall after a little "bet u cant skin one in less than 3 minutes" challenge. Well he did it right at 3 minutes on the tailgate of my truck in the woods. Sure wouldnt want nobody to time me! Sloooooowww!
A friend and I hunted up north with a guy one time. When that coon hit the ground he was on it like a hound. He had that thing shucked and clipped on his belt walking sending his dog on. I whispered to my friend that I was pretty sure that coon was still kickin as we walked off. Never seen anything like it. This repeated 7 more times through that stretch of woods. I was amazed every time.
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I cant believe nobody has said something like: "when the coon realizes it's me and my dog that treed him he stands up on the limb, undoes a zipper and just throws his hide right on down."
Then the next guy can chime in: "our coons in these parts do the same thing, except they have the common decency to at least put their hide on a stretcher and zip it back up before they throw it down!!!"
This thread is turning into a Jerry Clower story!!!!!
I've been reading this thread for three days and it still takes me 20 minutes to strip the tail!!!!!
I have been reading all these posts thinking there's no way you could skin a coon in anywhere near a minute. As chance would have it I'm also reading a book written by an Amishman in Russel Pa. (Andy Byler) It's like a little journal of his life coon hunting and I just read a passage that say's his boys timed him skinning a coon in 1 1/2 minutes. That is really fast I couldn't have the hind legs skinned down and tail stripped in that amount of time.
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These people doin it this fast in the woods have to be Cuttin off the tail at the base. And not takin any time on face. Just tearin it off
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quote:Originally posted by AppalachianBlue These people doin it this fast in the woods have to be Cuttin off the tail at the base. And not takin any time on face. Just tearin it off
WRONG,,tail is in tact,and face and all are fine,,simply once you get the hang of it and have the right tools to do it with
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skinning a coon is so simple i cant believe anyone wouldnt believe it takes a minute or two, the tail?! it takes a matter of 5 seconds to split down a little ways and hit it with a stripper, what is so hard to believe? i can understand if your doing it for taxidermy
i skun a pybald doe out for my brother last archery exactly like you would do a coon except when i got up to the ears i took the head off with it and that only took around a 25 minutes
cut the tails off? lmao if you have a fur buyer who buys a hide without the tail i gotta meet him!!!
i never tore a face off that might be more funny than cuttin the tail at the base
YOU DONT GET TOP DOLLAR FOR CUTS AND HOLES and NO TAILS!!! learn how to handle fur is all i can say
A guy named James leach at the club hunt down there they have a skinning contest he can do it tail and all no holes and it is right in 50 seconds.
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I got to see a video lol. This is startin sound like the story of everyone around this way thinkin there's mountain lions here.
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theres videos on youtube of skinning a beaver in 3 minutes, that right there is insane it takes me probably 15 to 20, if you cant believe a coon can be done in a minute go check out a beaver gettin skun out in 3 minutes, im still confused as to why people think skinnin a coon in a minute or two is not believable lol
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do you really think hide hunters would be spending that kinda time on one coon and keep doing it lol? sounds like it takes you guys longer to skin one then it did your dog to tree it, well maybe except you appalachian blue haha
quote:Originally posted by dchartt do you really think hide hunters would be spending that kinda time on one coon and keep doing it lol? sounds like it takes you guys longer to skin one then it did your dog to tree it, well maybe except you appalachian blue haha
It most certainly does take me longer to skin the coon than it took for my dog to tree it unless it was a big old bore that ran a mile. I've never really went to the bother of timing myself but I know I have to be in the 10 min range or longer. I'd have to switch to blueticks to beat the dogs time LOL.
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I just see a hack job bein done. U do a video then if u want to get all defensive bout it. The guy i take my coon to does all my skinnin and he perfers to do it. He says you'd be surprised how many people can't do it right wen they think they can.
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Most hide hunters around here have one done skinned before there dog is treed again if you do them hot they go quick.
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I skin all mine as soon as I get home with them. Never timed myself, maybe 5 mins. I keep the meat and throw the hide away. Georgia hides ain't worth much now days.
I skin all mine as soon as I get home with them. Never timed myself, maybe 5 mins. I keep the meat and throw the hide away. Georgia hides ain't worth much now days.
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