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Hey folks; What's the easiest way to remove that residual hair from tree rats after you clean them?

easiest is not to get it on them,, no wait that's the hardest  I find that a wipe down with a solution of vinager and water to be the best method followed by a soak in salt water over night,,then wipe'em down with a paper towle and freeze or cook...

Hose em down before skinning or anyway that's what I do.

A little hair won't hurt you, its high in protein !!!!

Try freeing the skin away at the tail end under tail bone and down the hind legs without cutting too much of the tail bone. Then hold the hind legs and pull on the tail,  turn it inside out. Keep the fuzz on the inside.

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we skin them the same way and hair still gets on them . They are like hair magnets...... AAAAWWWWW.

use a lint roller......


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I have found that by keeping my hands as dry as possible, I transfer less hair to the carcass.

i tryed spraying 1 with a hose yesturday and it seemed to get most of the fur off the meat....

What we do, which is the same thing we do for hair on a deer, is take a hand held propane torch one with a handle and bottle all together and go over them and it will singe the hair. You can then just wipe them down with your hand and the hair is gone. Works great on deer that are hanging but for the tree rats I suggest laying them on a board and turning them over. The flame gets hot when it is close to your hand and will take the hair off your knuckles if you are not carefull.

if you have a gass stove  light it and move the rat through the flame it will burn the hair off or use a propain torch

 

alittle warm water and light rubbing genneraly gets most of it off but a little hair reminds you of the natural way the food got on the plate. but a lot of hair is a pain in the but.

alittle warm water and light rubbing genneraly gets most of it off but a little hair reminds you of the natural way the food got on the plate. but a lot of hair is a pain in the but.