Aug 14
Skinning A Deer
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Hobbies
While it may not be the most exciting job in the world, skinning a deer is important when returning from a hunt or when still actually on the hunt. This information will be handy for that day on which you will need to skin a deer. The skin and muscle tissues of the deer are naturally separate from one another because of the protective membranes, making the process of skinning a lot more like following a built-in blueprint than like trying to lift a rug in the dark. Before skinning, you should hang the deer down so that the skinning process can be thorough and the meat can be cleaner. Basically, you should do skinning within two hours since the deer died to keep the meat fresh and healthy. When skinning, make sure you use a really sharp knife so that you do not go through the same part over and over again. Stab somewhere between the deer's large tendon at the lower leg and bone. After that, use your finger to feel the lump. After that, find two parts of the double joint at the lower part of body to be torn. The leg should then be broken to ease the skinning process. Once the legs are broken, you should make some other openings around the tendon and near the front legs. Keep an opening between the tendon and bone at the lower leg. Just remember to make some openings near the lower leg areas. After that, we move deeper to the front legs. Break and make openings just like you do with the lower legs. Get inside the skin near the lower leg openings and pull it off to start the skinning process. The skinning process may be hard in the beginning since the skin is quite tight. But once you can pull off some inches, the rest will be easy to finish. And even more after you see the meat, the reward of your hunt. Skinning a deer, while not particularly romantic, is a process that should take around ten to fifteen minutes and relies almost entirely on your own body weight and strength. Ben Vinson is a big fan of many topics which includes writing about these hobbies. You can read more from Ben at the Cheap Butterfly Knives shop. Make sure to stop by!
Jul 5
Fun Facts About White Lipped Peccary
Posted on Monday, July 5, 2010 in Travel
This species typically prefers dense, humid tropical forest, usually with primary growth, although their habitat also includes dry savannas and tropical dry forests. They live in Central and South America. White lipped Peccaries are the big and aggressive brothers of the collared peccary. They have even killed jaguars when trying to defend themselves. That is why white lipped peccaries are considered as the most dangerous peccary. The pelage of the white-lipped peccary is an overall dark reddish-brown or black. A curious thing is that each and every hair has two different tones: light at the base, and then dark. The average length of these animals is reported to be: body length, somewhere between 90 and 140 cm, shoulder height 40-60 cm, and body weight 25-40 kg. The maximum a white lipped peccary has lived is 13 years. It is an omnivorous animal because it feeds on fruits, roots, tubers, palm nuts, grasses and some invertebrates. It is also a social animal. It is known that they live in large herds of 50 to 300+ individuals, though there have been reported sightings of up to 2,000 individuals. Studies have shown that a herd can cover about 10 km per day. With such a large number of herd members, it is necessary for white lipped peccaries to constantly move in order to obtain enough food. The white-lipped peccary is a diurnal mammal. 156 to 162 days is the gestation period of white lipped peccaries. When it comes to babies the great majority of births are twins. There are weird cases of single or triples births. The white lipped peccary doesn't have a specific breeding season. They breed throughout the year. Although not immediately endangered it is threatened by deforestation and increased hunting pressure. This species is economically important, and one of the principal species for neo-tropical hunters. Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in Central America - Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. Traveling with her family to all parts of Costa Rica and Guatemala, she now loves organizing vacations for people and offers first hand experience. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!