Use an air compressor to skin hogs?

[JW]

Lotta work ??? U ever skint a HAWG !!!!...

[A&M 90]

I'd like to hear that is well. You would think the air would cause an imbelism and kill the hog though.

Ditto Hntndawg.

That is too much Hunt NXS.....

[shotgunsmitty]

Sure, pics would be nice, but this time, I think....

...it's all about the video!

[Dusty Britches]

I'll be trapping some over the next few days - weeks. Anyone want to come video this in exchange for a hog?

[Shoot Low]

Go to any big slaughter house and you can see this done.
The tool or nozzle has about a foot long hollow shank that is beveled like a regular hypodermic needle. They just stick it thru the hide along the hind legs and let er rip. In combination, they also use a wenching system to pull the loosened hide off with the help of skinners using sharp knives. Takes about one minute to get the hide off'n a big steer.
You will need a minimum of 100-150 lbs of air and a large volume tank.
The air method helps but there is still a lot of manual hand work to do.

[IDAHO_BOWMEN]

I do it on my coyotes I skin it works great.

[Joe H]

I have done both deer and hogs this way. Works OK. Even though the compressor is in the barn I clean my animals in and it only takes a second I dont do it any more. Not enough benifit for me. On the hogs it seems the fat is in layers and you dont get a good separation of hide from the rest of it. It works better on deer but they are pretty easy anyway.

You can watch them blow up and see the separation I blew them up until a 100 pound deer looked like a 300 pound calf. Finally after limited success I turned one on until we all ran and it blew out. Still not all that, would have been a good video though.