Philip Nelson

Skinning the Snake

When it comes to wildlife, I hate to waste anything that is killed. Since I waited too long, we couldn’t eat the Rattlesnake meat but I decided to try my hand at skinning it. Since I had pretty much blasted it’s head, I lost about 6 inches of savable snake..

First step was to cut off the remainder of the head and mangled area. Then we started snippind down the belly to remove the skin.

My trusty assistant insisted that we wear rubber gloves while skinning the snake.

The girls are actually excited to get in on the fun.

The "fruits" of our work. I thought it was only fitting to wear a GI Joe Cobra shirt while skinning the snake.

Next order of business was to pin the skin to a board and sprinkle salt on the “inside”..

My youngest daughter is incharge of the salt.

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