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Offline orchemo

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Time from kill to skinning ?
« on: April 27, 2006, 07:28:40 PM »
Leaving Tuesdy for first bear hunt. I have read that with bear it is important to skin the bear sooner verses later. What is soon and what is later?

Skinning afterr 4 -5 hrs or 1 - 2 hrs? (Ambient temp aroun 65 degrees - western Oregon coast).

Thanks in advance

Eric
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2006, 08:05:27 PM »
With temps that high, then you need to skin that hide asap. The skinning starts right after the bear is down and the photo session is over.
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2006, 01:35:25 AM »
Quote from: Moose-Hunter
With temps that high, then you need to skin that hide asap. The skinning starts right after the bear is down and the photo session is over.


I second that.  :D
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2006, 11:22:45 AM »
I dont know what you are planning on doing between killing the bear taking pictures and skinning it?  Any animal you kill you should take care of right away.
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2006, 09:22:12 AM »
I've never been Spring bear hunting, and I understand they don't have much fat then, so this suggestion may not apply: get as much covering fat off as possible as it holds heat even better than the hair and hide! Fall bears here in Minnesota have 8-12 gallons of fat that's easy to get to, easy to remove, and makes great cooking oil. 8)
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2006, 10:24:58 AM »
My 2 cents is it is much easier while you are skinning the bear to take the time and do a good job skinning off all the fat you can, so you'll have less fleshing to do later.
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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2006, 06:17:28 PM »
got my first black bear last monday, it was shot at 2pm, gutted right away. was then put in the back of my van and drove 1 hour home. had to go to work so i placed it in a cool dark area of the celler, poured two bags of ice inside the cavity and a two more on top for good measure. skinned him when i got home that night, no fat what so ever. was about 8 hours in total from the shot till i placed the cleaned carcass in my freezer and no harm to the meat what so ever, temp that day was around 20 C.
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« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2006, 10:07:04 AM »
Shot mine in the fall on NW Washington, about a 60 degree day.  Took 40 minuted to get to him on the hiilside, another hour to gut/transport to my vehicle, 45 minutes home (with 3 bags of ice in his chest cavity), then skinned.  Total 2 1/2 hours until skinning began.  We had no problems with rancid/gamey meat (I was very careful to remove all fat), and the rug came out perfect, and has stayed that way for going on 4 1/2 years.

Ideally, skinning immediately would be best, but in the Coastal NW climate, and the easy livin' diet the bears there sometimes have, I think you have a little more time than if you filled your tag in Bend, Okanogan or someplace like that.  I'm sure others will vigorously disagree, but that is my experience.

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Mike
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