Professional Fur Handling, Beaver Part 1 Skinning

[@neilbarnette3935]

Great video! I always clean skin my beaver, only because of the way I was taught during my early trapping career. For the number of younger trappers and people just getting started in the sport, I would like you to show a video on processing the castors, especially since they are worth close to $70 a pound. You are a phenomenal teacher and are doing great things for the sport. Keep up the good work!

[@alvexok5523]

Wow, $70 a pound? Out of my dinner price range, lol. I've never eaten beaver before. I heard somewhere that it tastes like groundhog, or was that hedgehog, I can't remember. But I've never eaten them before either. I've eaten rabbit before. Does beaver or groundhog taste similar to rabbit?

[@bofadeez498]

@@alvexok5523 it’s just the caster glands that are worth 70 not the meat

[@alvexok5523]

@@bofadeez498 Oh, I stand corrected.

[@redrock861]

@@alvexok5523 we just recently skinned and cooked our 2nd beaver. The 2nd time, we didn't cook the fatty tail, and it didn't have any gamey taste, it was pretty good, some compared it to a tender roast.

[@commandlinekid]

I got my first beaver this morning. I used your video for the pro skinning/boarding process and Meat Trapper Tim's video for food preparation. The gift you have given people like me (lifelong hunter but whom knew Nothing about trapping) is more valuable than I would imagine one could possibly understand. Your videos have changed my life indeed. And for the better. Thank you Stu.

[@samuelstoner5651]

Even though I don't expect to ever get near a beaver, I found this video entertaining and educational.

[@tomkuhn3423]

Harvested my first beaver today. Been watchen your skinning video for a week. What a great no nonsense video! Thanks for the great job of showing how it's done You deserve one hella raise Keep up the great work

[@raymondwright1325]

Thanks. I'm so glad I stumbled onto your site. This is the best instruction for skinning I've ever seen. Very professional. I'm now subscribed!

[@georgepotter5101]

Awesome video. Found very informative been too many yrs since I've done this so getting a refresher course was great.

[@mikeryan3188]

I have recently trapped five beavers on a big creek dam, I had never had any interest in researching beavers up until recently, I have a big nuisance issue on one of my hunting properties...It's amazing what I've read/learned about beavers in such a short period of time....I appreciate your help....Great content 🤟🏿

[@wykeishacraft6820]

What a great documentary and nice speaker that talking about the details. Great Video 🤩 Thanks for sharing the details of the Cutting A Beaver. Have a great day

[@frez777]

I love it when you “busted out the credentials” . Top lot!! I have three beavers to work on.

[@robgrannan8977]

Skinned the first beaver ive trapped today. I watched your set of beaver put up videos ten times! Instrumental in my skinning success! No holes, but I made a he'll of a mess! Lol. Now I gotta flesh it. Nervous about that part. Anyway, thanks a lot for the how toos, they're awsome

[@kylehillard7530]

As always a great informative video

[@parrotbill]

You sold me on that Old Timer knife so much I went out and bought one for me as well. Never heard of a "High Carbon Stainless Steel" before now. It holds an edge pretty well and it doesn't rust on you. Thanks again.

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

Parrot Bill glad the knife worked well for you

[@aukanmeister]

Interesting to watch how you work on a animal we dont have around here. That fur looks really nice! Bigger than I thought it was gonna be!

[@alvexok5523]

Beavers are very strong animals too, after all, they can chew through the wood of a thick tree trunk. You could see by how much thick meat the animal had packed on it.

[@Possumcods]

Very informative video 👍

[@2ndamendmentSam]

Your tutorials are well done and very informative. Thank you!

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

Sam Rickrode thanks

[@servihomestead4324]

I agree. Good stuff. Glad you mentioned that you eat 'em. We eat nutria here in Louisiana. Wow, that's a lot of things to use from one animal.

[@lenrook8100]

i think your doing a great job ``very informative, been trapping for years,im 61and still learning ,great job.

[@NovaDexter]

Just passed my trapping course I'll tag the channel when I make my first catch :)

[@bigred7347]

I do love a hairy thick beaver......Thumbs up..

[@nathanhill6042]

Big Red no clean shaven beavers for you then

[@musicisbrilliant]

Without "cutting corners." I like that.

[@maryjane641]

Great video! Very informative! Thanks for sharing!

[@RTAlabama]

I have an old Schrade Sharpfinger I've had for well over 40 years - great knife! I spotted your knife right away - Schrade / Old Timer = same thing. It's a shame they went out of business. Great videos my man. And to the people complaining about cruelty - uhhhh are you gonna let a dozen mice invade your house or are you gonna KILL them? Yeah... these are the same folks who want leather seats in their cars, leather shoes, purses and belts and leather covered furniture. You people are not fooling anyone. One question - do you support a "woman's right to choose"? Talk about cruel and inhumane! Evan animals don't do what you support!

[@Bones6987]

Love that old timer sharp finger It’s my favorite for opening up the body cavity

[@combinelover8988]

I have always loved beaver, too. [Tastes much like beef] Tails need to be skinned, meat boiled with feet. Those parts are VERY RICH in valuable collagen!!!!

[@alvexok5523]

Yes, collagen is very healthy. That beaver looked like it would taste like beef, it had a very beef-like red meat.

[@cobrachicken07]

I appreciate the lesson in rough skinning. That's a good way to do it on cold days, seems like.

[@alext.5727]

That's very good: informative, right on point. Thank you for your videos! Feels like a breath of fresh air after watching pile of garbage, where those "I had a lot of requests" skin a rabbit with a tactical knife. It's gonna take me awhile to watch your other videos, but it's OK, I am patient and I feel it's gonna be very interesting. "Beaver is worth not that much anyway, you might as well do them right..." - Ha-ha, that's the good one!

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

+Alex T. (Nomade Nordique) thanks will do

[@backyardmeat]

I finally got all caught up after being gone on my elk hunt, I've been really looking forward to getting some time for watching this series. Really good as always!

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

backyardmeat thanks for taking time to watch

[@jerryprewett5294]

that looks like the hardest animal yet, that you have shown. but still doable mthaanks for all the info on trapping that im learning from you !

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

jerry prewett there is nothing really hard about beaver, they are just time consuming to put up

[@23KCOutdoors]

Good stuff brother I love it grew up skin in hides glad I found ya

[@benz7786]

Great video man! Thanks for taking the time to make and post it.

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

Ben Z thanks

[@23KCOutdoors]

Howdy Ben

[@NovaDexter]

Kinda funny how I liked and watched this video a few times. I come back a few months later and my like is removed...FU KZbin.

[@fishinfool4204]

Love those old time knifes got the same one !

[@23KCOutdoors]

zach leverknight I agree

[@acatnamedqueenb7047]

How long from catching to skinning? ASAP? Your fur looks dry, do you let it hang and dry first and then go about skinning? Thanks

[@tttony9426]

just found you & subscribed,🙃🙃🙃.

[@browncandy5017]

Awesome job...l enjoyed this video

[@denmarcbros]

Tried eating my first beaver last fall and the meat was wonderful!

[@HERBALNATUMAN1]

Wow!! I love game meat, that one looks like it makes a tasted stew.😊

[@kevinlovell3048]

So if I do not have a washing machine that my wife will allow me to wash hide. Will a water hose work too?

[@TheUrbanHunterz]

Why are beavers skinned down the stomach and not the classic way?

[@williamboyd776]

If that's not the classic way then what is? I'm pretty sure that's how it's been done for a very long time.

[@robertkeller787]

The beaver is too round to use a conventional stretcher on it. Beavers are round and fat.

[@mattingly1217]

@@robertkeller787 just like my old ex girlfriends

[@kylelaporte9918]

Have u put up the vid on how to remove the oils and caster?yet? Awesome vids can’t wait to see more n more of them

[@iFARTBiG]

Good video I'm going to try my first this next season

[@puffdragon26]

if I was you I would make an attachment for your skinning table, take a piece of chain and attach a vise grip or clamp of some kind to grab the beavers tail and hold it from sliding forward on you. Just hammer a couple fencing staples through the chain on the far side, you could still roll the beaver over but it would not be constantly sliding towards you and having to push it back. you would also be able to pull the hide and I think that would make it a lot faster for you and a lot less work.

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

+puffdragon26 yeah I have a little different way of doing it when im not trying to video. trying to keep everything in the camera when your by yourself throw s a curveball into the way you normally do things

[@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81]

"The Beavers the most beautiful mammal !!" _Steve Erwin_

[@alvexok5523]

Yes, the late Steve Erwin

[@dancer5337]

Yeah

[@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81]

@@dancer5337 :-b

[@marktheo1563]

Look at the kisser on that beast!

[@deannal3678]

I've been taught clean skinning but I have always wondered if fleshing is easier or better with rough skinning, is that why rough is your preference or?

[@gregson99]

do you wash the pelt in with your whites? or darks?

[@alexrye4678]

Spill Burg lol

[@timlehnen3226]

Nice, I’m Newbie trapper, just got my traps today, cant Wait,,,. Peace- michigan Here...

[@leewilliamson7114]

Can a Bever be peeled out of its pelt like a deer? I have never used a knife to skin them. I have always started the cut and pulled the hide off like a layer of clothing, and if it gets too slippery I ball a rock up in the hide for a grip.

[@wimedogusmc51]

Just discovered your fishing vids and I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole. Been watching your vids all morning. Outstanding content. Question, can we buy pelts from you?

[@Larry342516]

Great job on this video. Didn't think about eating the meat. Maybe sometime you could make a video on how to cut one up for eating? Thank you .

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

Larry342516 thanks ill have to do that

[@vincezito3547]

I just found a one on the road last night. Could not resist grabbing it.. Had to chase its young off the road so they wouldnt get hit. Not going to eat it because i dont know how long it was there and it was warm and humid. I need a pair of beaver mittens though

[@randlerichardson5826]

I’m goin to skin my 1st beaver this morning the one I caught in my steel trap weighs prob 30 to 35lbs I’ve got a knife I made to just skin with I’m trying to learn how I’ve skinned raccoon and squirrels deer but never a beaver

[@timothyrothrock4173]

Skinnin da beaver I guess that could be taken 2 ways

[@97kt69]

Beaver look tougher than other critters.

[@marktheo1563]

What are you doing to that swamp Billy? Damn,we were hoping he was going to make it?

[@bakinne]

I’m in the process of trapping my first beaver. It’s a land trap, what method do you recommend for discharging a beaver? Gun discharge is not an option. Thanks PS couldn’t find your castor and oil removal video you mentioned in your part 1 beaver skinning video.

[@haggerty05]

Hit it on the head with an ax handle or similar sized stick. I just got my first beaver and unfortunately had to dispatch it

[@fcsantiel]

i bet you get asked this question alot but what do you do with all the meat?

[@jo31b]

11:27 he says he eats them

[@jo31b]

and at 12:50

[@vinmad6669]

Been eating my wife's beaver for years •°•°

[@dexterhumphrey1888]

Might be beneficial to put some sort of clamp on the side of that table so you could clamp the tail down and the beaver wouldn't slide so much. Looks like it's not very fun to keep repositioning like that.

[@rayspringer8055]

Is beaver meat any good to eat? It appears to be alot of meat just to throw away...

[@JustMike2791]

It's REALLY good.

[@shaknbak85]

What do you do with all the coyote, skunk, raccoon meet and bones? Is that dog food?

[@Mr880881]

Should add a big plastic clamp on the end of the table and clamp down the tail so you can pull without it moving towards you. Same idea as holding down the tail on a fish when cleaning.

[@ohotogolik8878]

Do you eat beaver meat? What are you doing with the castorium?

[@december12ist]

I hope I can pick up everything about hunting and trapping to make this my job.

[@ThePoliceStoleMyCar]

MMMmmm Beaver, now that is some good eatin.

[@lancerudy9934]

How do you cook beaver

[@litahsr.8226]

make some foot keys they always use rabbit feet but they never use any other feet

[@justinfarley9028]

What about the casters

[@MrJoe11young]

Why didn't you use the gramble to skin the Beaver?

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

They are open skinned it's just easier on a table

[@jackspratt44]

I've handled quite a few beavers in my day. But they we're not the kind that make dams. They did however make a man say damn though. Ha ha

[@richardbell5415]

Can u tell use about your hoist you made with the winch

[@gregson99]

does the beaver skin go in with your whites or darks?

[@Therecreep]

darks

[@browncandy5017]

I didn't know people eat beavers 🤔🤔

[@user-oc6qs1po3j]

Do they even buy bever now? Ok what's going rates now days for furs?

[@janellehill9526]

I dont know why i watch people skin things is it just that im too weird and its entertaining or is it that im just evil lololololol🙈🙈🙈🙈😷😷😷😳😳😳😳😳

[@bigj9866]

Janelle Hill probably for the same reason people watch lionking, it’s the circle of life!

[@alvexok5523]

I'm somewhere between a vegan and someone who doesn't care about animal cruelty. I eat meat, but I still pray that all animals are slaughtered humanely so they don't suffer. I don't mind so much seeing a video like this where they're skinning an animal, cutting up its meat, etc., as long as I don't think about how the slaughtering may've had the animal suffering. I always hope it was slaughtered humanely

[@killeracharlie6664]

word of the day "uhhhhh"

[@markstuut4024]

Thank you

[@jackspratt44]

Men, always wash your beaver before handling them. Ha ha ha. Sorry, I had too....

[@maryjane641]

Can't wait to skin a shit load of beaver!

[@tommypodzielinski9061]

I'm looking to trap a beaver using a cage trap. I don't have much money to use on lures or what not. Are there any foods that beavers crave and would fall for?

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

They really like ash in my area

[@randlerichardson5826]

I don’t have a fleshing knife I’ll have to get most of it off as I go

[@ILoveAnchovies334]

what are the laws on trapping beaver? i thought it was illegal in the states.

[@alvexok5523]

I didn't think that hunting rabbits, beavers, squirrels, deer, etc. was illegal most places in America as long as you had a license to hunt.

[@vincentdefosche1370]

How do you kill your non-drowned game? Since youre selling to the fur trade I assume you dont shoot them right?

[@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81]

Dried castor ftw

[@jamesthornton9508]

Beaver meat can big use to catching coyote and fox and bob cat with beaver meat !

[@combinelover8988]

Feet make marvelous soup.

[@jasminflower3814]

Why did you kill the beaver?

[@Peachstatecarper92]

What do you to with the meat or all your animals?

[@chieffan92588]

The meat is eaten and the fur is put up for auction to be used for garments.

[@MenCanNotBeWomen]

We just shave the beavers.. better eating when shaved ;)

[@candelariosanchez273]

Does anyone know if there’s any beavers anywhere in Texas?

[@oldmanfred8676]

Candelario. Yes there is and I saw a mature Otter dead on the road on 377 this Spring!

[@user-ne7pl3fh4n]

✌️👍👍👍👍👍

[@katrinadoupe4497]

pale beaver im used to dark to extra dark in northren ontario canada

[@tnm1697]

I thought that beaver was one of the most expensive furs our their (relative to most fur bearers)

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

+Jacob Peters you have been miss informed. for there size beaver have been the lowest selling fur for the past thirty or forty years

[@robertkadow3367]

What about eating

[@ryanbeyea2834]

Hi

[@wkleung5731]

阿彌陀佛！

[@timothymcswain6235]

do you trap year round ?

[@CoonCreekOutdoors]

+timothy mcswain no we have a set trapping season.

[@timothymcswain6235]

Here in ga we can trap beaver and coyote year round

[@starmotorsports8937]

+Tim McSwain luckyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@ryanbeyea2834]

What's up

[@tusarkumar4732]

Don't kill innocent 😢 animals

[@hondaridgelineenduser5934]

That meat would be good in the grill

[@wyattgoodale2403]

@ 0:28 I have the same knife

[@robrich8294]

Yeah I love eating the meat too. Why let the coyotes eat it? At $7 per pound average for beef here in Maine and $10 a pound for buffalo. Pork is like $5 a pound. So to me I’d rather eat the meat instead of getting money for coyote or whatever you plan on catching. Unless your in Lynx country then I’d use some beaver meat as well as for fisher and marten. Sadly as a teen I never ate any of my trapped game meat. Otter imho was the best wild game meat I ever ate.,I enjoy putting beaver in the crockpot.