I saw a few folks in Korea (at the market) do that with eels, worked like a charm. Never thought to try it with cats. Thanks for the memory jog!!
That's what I do with an old shelf. Use is as a cleaning board and nail their head to itNice haul.
An old man showed me how he skinned cats (the fish) years ago. He'd cut thru the skin around the head, drive a nail thru the head into a tree to anchor it, then pull the skin off with a pair of pliers.
He made a pretty quick job of it.
When you nail them to a tree or shelf, be sure to cut the tails off if still alive or at the lake on the stringer. You will be amazed at how much blood comes out and how much doesn't appear in the bowl of water you put the fillets in. Let their hearts pump it out.
There are some that use an air needle to inject air under the skin to blow it off the meat. YouTube video's available.
There are some that use an air needle to inject air under the skin to blow it off the meat. YouTube video's available.
A guy told me he and some friends once skinned a goat that way. Hung it up by its back legs (alive), cut a small slit in a foreleg, clamped a valve stem under the skin, and aired the goat up like a balloon before they slit its throat.
Not exactly my cup of tea...
We've done that with goats but AFTER they had been killed and bled, not while they were alive. Used a water hose and floated the skin of rather than air though.
I'd imagine the goat's screams could be heard for miles.
Anybody who would do that needs a bullet.
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He said it just bleated a little, and didn't seem to be in much pain.
I was under the impression they didn't leave it like that for long. Soon as the skin separated, they released the air pressure and cut its throat.
Still (as mentioned), not my cup of tea.
Mac - that is exactly how my uncle taught me to do it a zillion years ago. It is pretty quick.
