Posted: 6/10/2023 12:51:03 PM EDT
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So I used to hunt in my youth with my elders and never remember worrying about any glands when skinning rabbits or squirrels, but then again, my memory is fuzzy. Maybe my elders took care of that. I've been reading lately online that people say you should remove the glands from squirrels or rabbits during processing, otherwise it will taint the meat. Any experience with this? |
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Originally Posted By Cooper1: Anyone have a video on how to skin them? What to avoid? Thanks Cut a slit perpendicular to the spine. Grip boths sides and pull, peeling the skin off like an orange or banana. I use shears to cut the feet off first. You can also peel the tail off the bone if you want to save the tail. |
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Nope. We never did that. Only on deer/bucks. Hunted all over (Air Force brat). We hunted/killed/ate gray squirrels, fox squirrels and the occasional red squirrel. Cotton tails, snow shoe and jack rabbits (only in ND - the jack rabbits in west TX weren't edible unless you were starving). |
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| We always just pulled the skin apart inside the hind legs, it would just pull apart with your fingers. Slit at the tail to sever it, then it's just like taking off a coat. Put the head under a firmly planted boot and twist, cut off the feet, and it's ready for the pot. |
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Originally Posted By jos51700: We always just pulled the skin apart inside the hind legs, it would just pull apart with your fingers. Slit at the tail to sever it, then it's just like taking off a coat. Put the head under a firmly planted boot and twist, cut off the feet, and it's ready for the pot. Rabbit? I haven’t met a squirrel that I could rip their skin like that. I cut the feet off first. Especially squirrels, those claws can be sharp, besides ensuring a clean release of the skin. |
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Originally Posted By Cooper1: Ok, sounds easy. I saw somewhere you should where gloves. Some sort of virus or something? Any mammal can have tick born diseases and rabbit can have tularemia. I don't know about squirrel but I think they can also have tularemia too. Plus there are probably others. Getting raw blood into a cut on you hands is a good way to catch a pathogen that is in the blood. My hands are always cut ans scraped up. |
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