Make sure urine does not spill on meat.įirst, soak the skins in highly concentrated salt solution for one night. Drain to remove the water.įIGURE 35 - With the knife open the anus region to start the removal of the entrails.įIGURE 36 - Cut the stomach and remove the entrails starting with the urine sac.
TANNING RABBIT HIDES SKIN
Gently squeeze the skin between your hands. The last step is to wash the skin thoroughly with soap and again in clear water to remove all the blood and dirt. 35), down to the breast, taking care not to puncture the intestines (Fig. Meanwhile, make a slit on the rabbit's flesh from the rectum (Fig. Immediately afterwards, soak the skin, tail, and feet in the soap solution. With two hands pull the skin down the carcass until the skin is pulled oft whole like a sock. 34) and also the two front legs above the joints at least half an inch high. At this point he should loosen the flesh at the sides of the hocks with his fingers preparatory to skirting the carcass. Next the butcher cuts with the knife, a slit down hock at the back and then down the other hock (Fig. When the blood is drained, continue the cutting across the back of the head clown to the tip of the jaw including all of the thick fur covering the neck and jaw (Fig 32).įIGURE 32-With a sharp knife cut from the neck to the tip of the jaw.įIGURE 33 - Make a slit down the back of both hocks. His left hand then pulls down the rabbit with a jerk to break its neck and then his right hand cuts with the knife just behind the head to drain the blood. With his left hand the butcher holds the head firmly and in his right hand, he holds a sharp knife. In order to skin a rabbit properly one should first suspend the rabbits by its hind legs securely facing the butcher.
TANNING RABBIT HIDES HOW TO
The butcher should know how to butcher the rabbits. It is a waste of time, talent, and money to try to tan them.ĭo not feed the rabbits the day before butchering them, because much of the skins are either wasted or saved during the cutting process. Skins of molting rabbits are not good pelts for tanning.
And good quality skins come from healthy rabbits which are the result of good management. The skins to be tanned must be of good quality.
Before anyone ever thinks about tanning, he should have enough pelts to tan to warrant his time, talent and money. The safest method for tanning rabbit skins is to send the skins to one who specializes in this work, but if home-curing is to be attempted the following procedure if correctly done should produce perfect pelts.
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