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Was taught by another farmers wife, her hubby didn't like skinning goats...(we raised Angora and the hide was worth anywhere from 60 to 100 dollars. Twice what a live one cost. I hung the goat from the head. With the single edge razor blade make a small (about an inch) incision at the front leg (knee area) You have to be very careful not to cut into the meat, the razor gives you good control of the depth of the incision....with a trigger on the air compressor, insert into incision and run it for about 7 seconds (depends on the size of the animal). It blows up like a balloon in the Macys day parade. do the other leg the same way. The compressor leaves large air bubbles where it has pulled the hide from the meat. I would go down the belly of the goat, the skin is thinner there thats how I nicked the bladder on my first. Hide comes off easy. The most important thing is NOT to cut into the flesh. You can tell when to stop as there is fascia between the hide and the flesh.....If I can do it anyone can. There hide is so thick and they have long curly hair that it took a couple of weeks of daily salting to prep it for the tanner. I sent my to Pennsylvania to be tanned. The place in Bucks county was the cheapest and they did a great job. that was years ago, I don't think I left out anything important. Most of the work is just popping the bubbles after your done with the legs. I talked with the taxidermist up in town and he wasn't too sure of my way....went into his shop one day and he said someone brought him a coon (fresh road kill) and he tried the compressor and razor blade...Laughing he said it worked great on the coon as he usually has problems doing a coon foot, with the 5 fingers on each foot..

Amazing. I'm telling this to my wife now.

Many thanks for the insight. I had no idea it could be done this way. When my dad and I did it, it was a knife the whole way. What's funny is that when I was 15, I used my detasseling money to buy us a good Craftsman air compressor for the things I knew could be done with it. This would have been wonderful to have seen at that age.