serious as a heart attack. up north we would age them with the skin on and skin them after about a week or so unless it got warm. the skin kept them from freezing. if you took it to a butcher they would skin it as part of the service. skinning a chilled deer is cold and hard on the hands. I never skinned one while it was still warm. as for gutting them thats a given, something that has to be done, but I wouldn't say I derive any pleasure from it. on the few pay to hunts I've been on gutting was part of the service and I didn't object to letting someone else do it at all. as for hogs I'd like to see it done once before trying it myself, but I'm sure I could muddle thru it if I had to, but im sure a butcher or someone whos done it many times could do a better job than me.
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Me and my buddies shot some deer in michigan last season and I told them we do not have to skin them for a few days,well the guys that lived there thought I was nuts,let me tell you skinning a frozen deer is the hardest thing I ever did. Never again. Also gutting a hog is the same as gutting any other critter. They're all the same on the inside.
