AIR COMPRESSOR

Trapper99 · guest Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 135 Location: SE okla.

Has anyone else heard of using an air compressor and a blower to skin your animals? They say hang it at the neck and make a slit in the bottom leg big enough to insert the blower and it will just blow them up like a ballon and seperate all fat from skin. Then, let off and just make your normal cuts and it will fall right off. Anyone here tried that?

nidahotrapper · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

never heard of such a thing but it sounds it would work have you tried it yet??

Trapper99 · guest Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 135 Location: SE okla.

not yet. but today is opening day for bow season. gonna maybe try it tomorrow morning.

ruger1 · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:42 am Post subject: Re: AIR COMPRESSOR

Trapper99 · guest Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 135 Location: SE okla.

Ok. I done some research and actually found a website that sells, kits. It comes with the blower and like 8 different guage needles for this. It's called air skinner. It was only like 40 bucks for the smaller kit. You guys might want to check it out... Airskinner.com

papapete · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

That looks cool. I will definitely be trying that!. I think I will just sharpen a needle used to inflate a basketball.

Trapper99 · guest Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 135 Location: SE okla.

yea thats what i'm gonna do. I have a smaller air compressor that plugs into a cig lighter in your truck that way you can just plug it up when you start skinning and it would make skinning your coons a heck of a lot quicker and won't have to spend much time at the ball of your truck skinning them.

xdeano · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:50 am Post subject:

I would have to laugh when the first critter blows up like a tire sending bits and pieces all over. I can see it now. A cloud of fur. Is it really that hard to skin an animal? come on guys, I just want to see someone try this method, just to see how big a hole you can blow in the side. I know it's sick.

xdeano

lyonch · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:17 am Post subject:

Dont you think the air will escape through the hole from the bullet

Time to man up and grab a hold of some hide and dont be afraid to tug a little

By the time that guy gets a compressor pumped up and the hose out and the animal all blown up, i bet a good skinner could have two coyote pelts laying right next to his feet waiting to be fleshed!

xdeano · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:08 am Post subject:

I've used a few skinning machines, and i was able to get a coyote skinned out in about 4 minutes sometimes less. Fleshing took a bit longer, but it wasn't long.

It was basically a wench attached to a gambrel, with clamping arms about mid thy, 12" or so apart that the hind leg fur clamped to. It pulled straight up and let me tell you if you're not careful it'll rip a hide pretty fn quick.

xdeano

beever trapper · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject: air compressor skinning.

works awesome for coyotes. when you have a lot of critters to get through, anything helps.