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Once thing I would do different is I would not lay the quarters with the hair on it in my ice. I don't want the dirt and whatever else from the hair and feet in my ice chest.

Butchering a hog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXPmxWEXrRU

I don't think I would lay the hams meat down on the tailgate after the hog hide had been on it as well.

I prefer to 1/4 while hanging so that the meat touches nothing but ice

Need to get a utility knife with replaceable blades and put in a hooked carpet blade if you want to skin them FAST!

http://www.harborfreight.com/pack-of-5-utility-knife-hook-blades-37557.html

Nice video... it says it all.

I do deer and hogs the same way... but in the woods, on the ground, and only carry out these same pieces in a feed sack.

I even have a youtube video showing this same process on deer. It's the only way to do it... if you don't like dragging...which I don't...but I make exceptions for furry coyotes.

We hang up,then split hide down back to head,then half way full length between badk ant belly,in quorters,start down lean skin,then pull to head,works great,but have to hang.Got hanger on back of truck with winch.

Looks great,still could get ribs at the end..Like

Good video. I use that same salt to ice method for the beer cooler in the hot summer hayfield.

Great video,
I like to skin back the legs before cutting them off just because its easier to do when it's still attached.

i'm going to give this a try, except for putting the dirty hairy things into my cooler (don't want to contaminate my adult beverages and bologna sandwiches) . I have been hanging them and completely skinning them, before quartering. Very hard for these old hands.

My step dad uses a similar method for elk. He hunts in some high rough country where everything he kills has to come out on his back. He swears that this keeps the meat cleaner and nicer. After quartering, he says that if you're careful, you can still get the rest of the meat off without having to remove the organs. I've tried it on an antelope and it worked pretty well.

do you remove the glands at all or do you eat them [beeep] things..

I'd really like to know what kind of knife he is using to quarter them. Wow that thing is sharp. Great video

I can't saw for 100% but if it isn't this one, it is one just like it. I have several and they get sharp and stay sharp with just a few strokes of a good steel.



http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Cutlery...rinox+forschner

I've used the Victorinox paring knives for years, recently switched to the Gerber Vital that takes the same blades as the Havalon, interchangeable.

Good video.

Good stuff!

BE darn sure you wear rubber gloves when skinning hogs, a guy here almost died from an infection that he got from hog blood.

Dave McCroskey Knives

makes the most unbelievable knives you will put your hands on. I skinned and butchered 8 deer with one of his knives and it was still sharp!!!

Best money you will ever spend!

A friend skinned 300 beaver with one of his knives before it needed sharpening!

Dave's knives are a taxidermist's dream, also!

My Mother inlaw is here from Thailand he skinned quarter and deposed 2 hours in about 2 hrs. She is 59 does every thing right no the ground. She wont even let me help,

that is the kind of mother-in-law a guy could dream about getting.

reminds me of those ads that talk about a guy looking for a wife that has her own boat, send pics of the boat.

she just came here from thailand She can not just sit down and do nothing he has to alway be doing something cooking cleaning she can debone to hogs faster than I can sking one mind you i have a really bad back and it is easier on me if i asking them on the ground then hanging so it does take me a bit longer. I would bring deer home she would help me sking them and all i ad to do wast quarter them out she did every thing I work as a catfifhing guid in the summer time I make and sell my own catfish bait all the money i make i take out other disabled vets and there family fishing for free. so i just break even on it keeps me busing ad let s me fishing all spring and summer she wanted to go so me and my boys and her went to Lake Limestone started out at 630 ended about 3 and had 4 limits 25 each we are going back to thailand this summer and she is going to stay there for a few months witch mens i have to actly do something for my self at least for a while

chemdawg: I'm sorry to hear about your problems with spelling, writing and short term memory. I'm glad to know you have help from your family. THANK YOU for your service and the sacrifices you have made for this country and my freedom. Try reading and understanding this: http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...262#Post1230262 it may help with your hog processing. Or, more correctly your MIL's hog processing. LOL
Best of luck my friend,
Don

we hang, skin, gut, cut head then the front legs, cut off the front shoulders, ect, use diffent knives to skin than cutting up

Nice video

These are a great low cost option for skinning. The blades are super easy to exchange and you can actually re-sharpen them most of the time...
http://www.basspro.com/Outdoor-Edge-RazorLite-EDC-Folding-Knife/product/1604191340/

I've used the Havalon knives and they seems to work well.

We have always hung them from back legs/head down. Do the butt-out trick,cut along hind quarters to the hoof , Now cut from butt-hole all the way down to the jawbone. Skin same as you would a deer .Now zip down to ribs ,let gravity be your friend guts fall in a 50 gallon plastic garbage can. Clean up and rinse with garden hose. Quarter and hang in cooler for 3-4 days . Brings back some very fond memories as a full time guide at a hunt club . Good thread , thanks .

Yip I do the same. I do it the same as would be done in a butcher shop. Skinn the whole hog then dress. Man throwing away the ribbs????
The video is called the "poachers cut" in many areas.

I like hog hunting just wish i could go soon