extra pound counts the method outlined above will
work, if you’re careful.

Once you have taken the skin off the head, remove
all the flesh and fat and salt it well. Several hours
later, resalt the skin and turn it flesh side out to dry
slowly in the shade. Be sure that there are no folds in
the skin when it is drying.

When you're cutting off the antlers with a saw (and
that’s the only thing to use) be sure to include a gen-
erous portion of the skull. (See Figure 7.)

FIGURE 7

Now that you’ve got the skin off the head you can
start on the rest of the skinning. Most hunters do
this on the ground because moose are too heavy to lift.
Sharpen your knife and cut the skin around the lower
part of the legs and then slit the hide down to the
crotch. You'll find that once you've started peeling the

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