Quote Originally Posted by Terry Balding View Post
TP

My Dad taught me to cut through the tail and make small cuts toward the legs. Then you stand on the tail while holding the hind legs. This removes 90% of the skin. Then pulling the small strip of skin at the belly removes the skin from the hind legs.

Terry
This is also how my dad taught me, and I always do it this way unless its hindquarters are shot to hell then I will get as far as I can until the tail brakes off and then I do the same thing as you do with the tail on except I just use my hands. This doesn't work as good as when you can use the tail all the way down but it is still much better than splitting the hide in the middle of the back and just trying to pull it apart.