Get with the program Gibb. Get you some Limb loppers to take off those legs.

Jim probably treats cuts on his hands very cautiously , so leaving just the way he has done it there are no sharp broken bones on the beaver to cut him, as he has to move these many times during the trapping season as bait.
So safety should be in the program

Another good video Jim.

Thanks Jim. Great video.

I Just got done lopping the legs off of a beaver. Done correctly you are just cutting through the joint and not leaving any broken bone edges. I do the same when removing the legs from my deer carcasses. It's fast and your not dulling your knives.
But for sure It's great flick.

Good video Jim.

Good video, pretty much how I do it. Except when I get to the neck I clean skin the head, makes it easy to flesh the rest.

That is how I do it as well but I use a resharpened butcher shop knife on the feet and head. Never could get good with them little triangle knives.

If you have time some day, I'd like a close up on removing the castor and oil sacs process to show to a few others. Seems you have that down pretty smooth.

Nice video Jim. I’m sure that will help a lot of trappers out that are wanting to get going on some beaverin’.

I was never a fan of using the loopers, my own preference is to use the knife. But nothing wrong if you like the loopers.

Right on. More then one way to put up those beaver.

Those of us that have skinned scads of beaver are generally pretty stuck in our ways. I can’t be a rough skinner. But plenty of folks go that route. I don’t own a two handled flesher.

Same.i dont rough skin because I can clean skin just as fast ot faster.

I can rough skin the average beaver In 10 minutes. It takes me about 15 minutes to flesh one. I never learned to clean skin.

I started off as a clen skinner but one day had 16 beaver to skin and no time so learned how to rough skin.

In the end it doesn't matter what method you chose as long as the finished beaver is marketable.

Had 34 to skin last week my buddy and I had them processed in about 5 hrs rough skinning.

At times I’ve got over 50 laying around waiting their turn. Stuck in my ways they all get clean skinned. Takes me about 15-18 minutes these days including pulling castors and oil sacs.

Rough skinning beaver is like going into debt.
You gotta pay the piper later with intrest.

Granted I have only a few hundred under my belt but I average around 5 to 6 minutes rough skin and castor removal.

Hopefully after this season I'll be a bit quicker. Especially since slight damage won't hurt the price.