The Hogue Skinner that is going to revolutionize deer skinning and processing. This is a mechanical skinning device that eliminates most of the labor and many of the problems in all the ways people skin deer and other animals. It sure is a lot better than the way we did it for decades from the limb of the big oak tree. Like most old deer hunters, we were actually quite proud of how quick and easy we could skin a deer, even bragging about it... so, why mess with something that was perfect?

Well, as we got older (and wiser), we realized that a process that hadn't changed in years could in fact be improved upon. We also knew we weren't getting any younger and there weren't many younger people coming up behind us to take over, so we needed an easier way to do it. After about 10 years of designing, prototyping, testing, and re-designing, the Hogue Skinner is the result.

With the Hogue Skinner, one person can skin a deer with little effort and keep the meat as clean as if it were in a commercial packing house, no matter where you're at or how remote it is!

We skin our deer from the hind legs down, but this system will work just as well (maybe better) skinning from the head down. One of the options we're considering is making it possible to skin from the head down, then flip the deer over to eviserate and quarter or bone out while it's hanging from the hind legs.

What makes this skinner revolutionary is that one person, man or woman, working alone, can completely skin, gut, and partially bone-out a deer in just a few minutes, with practically no labor, or help, at all.

The Hogue Skinner works by connecting the hide to the base of the skinner and pulling the animal up out of the skin. The carcass never touches anything (especially not the ground!). The whole concept is so innovative that the method and apparatus are both patented. To view the patent on the official U.S. Patent Office website click

here.

If you're skinning a big older deer, when skinning from the hind legs down, you may have to help a little with a knife in places where it's not peeling the hide off but pulling the meat off instead. The really hard thing about desiging a skinner is you can only test it during hunting season, then, if a change is required you don't want to quit hunting to go back to the drawing board!

Although we haven't developed the packaging yet, we designed the system to break down into pieces no longer than 6 feet long in an effort to somewhat ease shipping (and maybe lower the cost), and make transporting and storing it easier. It can easily be assembled and set up in well less than an hour or so by one person, much quicker and especially safer with some help.

We have the optional lights and electric hoist on the prototype we're using in the pictures, but the basic model needs no electricity, so you can set it up anywhere, no matter how remote your camp is.

If you live in a colder climate and you like to let your deer age some before cutting it up, you can lift the processed carcass up out of the reach of dogs easily after you're finished. No more tree limbs or barn rafters, this is the modern way of doing it.

The skinner will come in a bare basic model ready to assemble and use immediately (with no options), which will include a patented Hogue Singletree, hand operated winch (with all necessary cable, hooks & pulleys), two Ball-Noose-Chain hide grabbing devices, seven steps, two knife trays, and the tower.

Additional available options will include:
- ground tie-downs with locking capabilities
- light kit
- scale kit for weighing (steps will be required)
- electric hoist
- squirrel, coon, coyote, etc. skinners

This thing is going to change everything! Stay tuned to see when they are going to hit the market. We realize that we're going to have to bring in the expertise to get them on the market so we're about to start meeting with partners to help with that.