Beaver Fleshing

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Rutter

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I have a question probably River Runner can answer the best. Can I case skin a beaver then flesh on a beam then split it up the center?.Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Howdy Rutter, and welcome to the board.

Yes you can case skin a Beaver and split it later if you feel you could do it better or easier that way.
I've always (and this is just my opinion) found it easier to split the right away and literally roll them out of their pajama's as you skin it.
It's easier to get a straight cut if you plan to hoop the fur yourself.
Make a single cut from the tip of the lower lip to the base of the tail and go to town. Cut the legs off flush with the torsoe.

Fleshing beaver is a wiz. Once you have it opened up you can lay it flat and scrap it clean. They really do flesh rather easily. One hand holds the hide in place and the other pushing your fleshing tool away from you. My brother taught me to flesh Beavers with a spoon about 12 years ago. Not that I still do it that way today with the machinery I have, but just to show you they are pretty easy to flesh out.
 
Originally posted by River Runner:
[qb]Howdy Rutter, and welcome to the board.

Yes you can case skin a Beaver and split it later if you feel you could do it better or easier that way.
I've always (and this is just my opinion) found it easier to split the right away and literally roll them out of their pajama's as you skin it.
It's easier to get a straight cut if you plan to hoop the fur yourself.
Make a single cut from the tip of the lower lip to the base of the tail and go to town. Cut the legs off flush with the torsoe.

Fleshing beaver is a wiz. Once you have it opened up you can lay it flat and scrap it clean. They really do flesh rather easily. One hand holds the hide in place and the other pushing your fleshing tool away from you. My brother taught me to flesh Beavers with a spoon about 12 years ago. Not that I still do it that way today with the machinery I have, but just to show you they are pretty easy to flesh out.[/qb]
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I've caught a lot of beaver and I don't think they are easy to flesh at all. The muscle along the back is an inch by inch process and it all has to be sliced off; there is no pulling it off with a spoon. I tan most of mine, so I get every morsel of fat and muscle off the hide.
 
I agree, i think Beavers are a pain to flesh. That thin muscle along the back has to be sliced off, dulls your knife quick too. Plus you smell like castor for about a week!
 
I agree with River Runner. I use a 2 handed fleshing knife and a fleshing beam that comes from the floor to my waist at an angle that is comfortable. I hold the fur with my waist against the beam and flesh away! It only takes about 15 minutes to get one really clean.
 
There shouldn't be THAT much meat left on the hide once your done skinning it. If there is...then what your doing is skinning him twice. Once to get the hide off the carcass and once again to get carcass off the hide.
Tip them knives out, leave that stuff on the carcass, it makes fleshing a whole lot easier.

Beavers should have nothing left on the hide but a layer of fat when your done. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 


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