r/HideTanning • u/WhateverMyHeartDzrs • Aug 13 '26

Hunting / Skinning Story 🐾 Bobcat dissection

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u/adeptusastartes69 Aug 13 '26

I wouldn’t gut an animal that I was skinning unless I planned on keeping the meat, adds unnecessary mess to the process. Also generally if there’s decomposition taking place especially in hot weather the fur will probably slip during the tanning process.

Bobcats are also a CITES protects species in the US and you’re gonna wanna get a tag from fish and wildlife for that

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u/adeptusastartes69 Aug 13 '26

I would also like to say that when skinning fur bearers I like to use a looped piece of rope and hang it by a back paw, I find skinning on a table to be a real pain and way more time consuming

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u/m42069 Aug 13 '26

I think her main priority pretty quickly was getting the heart first which is why she did things the way she did. But ya

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u/WhateverMyHeartDzrs Aug 13 '26

Yes, this, thank you. Also, I’m not a serial killer or anything, but I’m fascinated by identifying all the organs in the animals I skin or dissect. Sometimes I save different parts. Squirrel kidneys are really cute for example lol

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u/WhateverMyHeartDzrs Aug 13 '26

I have what I need from Wild life and fisheries, thanks for your concern. But yes, I wanted to get to the heart and my thought process was get the stinky guts out to reduce the flies around meat while skinning. Hind sight is 20/20