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Skinning
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When discarding a carcass, you may decide to skin the animal to benefit from the hide (financially or for your own purposes such as clothing and furniture).
There are many ways of skinning a carcass. The carcass may be skinned on a bench or hanging up. There are also various cuts that can be used.
Choosing a technique will depend on the size of the carcass and personal choice but the key element is about creating flaps of skin to pull.
For those who take pride in preparing a well-skinned carcass, the end product should have no hairs on it, no bloody fingerprints, no knife marks, a striped bacon-like appearance on the back and flat joints.