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Step 6Skinning and Skinning
And so the shadows lengthened and the sun rose higher. We carefully pulled and cut the skin away from the body. The badger has lots of fat, and it can be tricky to skin it. If you see hair follicles on the inside of the skin you're about to cut through.
The veterinarian warned us that the badger might have rabies, and that you can contract it by getting in contact with the blood, alone. That only one person has ever survived rabies.
We discovered the badger's cause of death in the course of skinning it. It had a snapped spine, cracked ribs, and a broken leg.
At some point, we accidentally poked through the abdominal wall, and a bunch of guts came spilling out. We were really careful not to knife the intestines, which would have ruined the meat.
The veterinarian warned us that the badger might have rabies, and that you can contract it by getting in contact with the blood, alone. That only one person has ever survived rabies.
We discovered the badger's cause of death in the course of skinning it. It had a snapped spine, cracked ribs, and a broken leg.
At some point, we accidentally poked through the abdominal wall, and a bunch of guts came spilling out. We were really careful not to knife the intestines, which would have ruined the meat.
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Aug 12, 2011. 10:23 AMasteidl
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Wow, some claws on it! Me being from Wisconsin, I love badgers, never skinned one though! Maybe some day, if the worst should happen and I run one over, now I'll have some idea how to skin it. Thanks.
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