how do you keep the hair off

[ssmacdaddy]

how do you guys keep the hair off the meat when yall are cleaning the deer, do you have a way to clean it off afterwards?
any secrets out there?

[ken]

You should make sure you are cutting the skin from inside out to Minimize the amount of hair that gets cut. Otherwise, I just rinse off the meat if it has hair or any other debris on it. I also give the meat a once over for stray hairs as I'm getting ready to cook it.

[bowhuntntxn]

you can burn the hair off after it is skinned if you have a flame producing device. that is how processors get rid of the excess.

[trailboss]

I just tie mine back in a pony-tail!

Trailboss

[Tuffbroadhead]

Just take my time and keep it as clean as I can, then its up to the processor to finish it...

[KingPin]

A cap or hair net helps.

[huntresss]

ssmacdaddy- I find it helps to wet the animal down before I start to skin it, especially squirrels, which I dunk in a bucket with a couple drops of dish soap added to the water. Once the hair is wet it doesn't stick to the meat as bad, and the hair that does stick wipes right off. Also, follow Ken's advice of cutting from inside the skin. I prefer to use a thick-throated gut hook to make all of my initial cuts with.
-Cheryl

[Doc Garris]

like they said cut from inside to out also the less you cut the hide the better i try to get the hide off in one peice if your hanging your animal you can roll the hid up and pull it the hide binds on itself and it comes off easier

[Team Roper]

I heard shaving them before skining helps

[Shadow]

I heard shaving them before skining helps

That's is funny...what razor do you recommend for that? LOL

Cutting inside out does the trick for me and the few hairs that do get on get stuck in the congelled fat which gets taken off when I process the meat at home, so I don't go out of my way to pick each and every little hair off. I always remove all the fat and silver skin while processing so it's never been that much of an issue for me. Squirels on the other hand get dunked in water first then I always rinse my hands off when I get hair on them before I touch the meat.

[txtimetravler]

i pull the hide off. I skin does by hanging them by the neck and pulling the hide all the way off. Fewer cuts and less mess.

[Snakelover]

I heard shaving them before skining helps

THAT'S funny!

[mdb]

I showed this little trick to my son a few weeks ago. Simple trick is to cut out the deers tongue and rub it over where there is any hair left on the meat. This is what I call natures " lint brush". Just wash with water to clear hair off the tongue, and continue cleaning. Have not tried on pigs, but should also work.

[Texastaxi]

mdb, I ain't never heard that, but I'll try anything once!

So, what's your name? I grew up in Hallettsville.

[swamper]

As soon as you get through the hide make all cuts from the inside out. Try to cut the hide as little as possible, and turn the hair down away from the meat as soon as you can. The more careful you are the less hair you get.

After animal is skinned I try to pick all hairs off the meat, when I have all I can find I take a small propane torch and go over the carcase. As soon as the flame touches a hair it burns it up quickly.