Maybe the squirrels here are different. I don't know. I haven't tried skinning a tail on one in VA. But the big ones we used to shoot in LA when I was a kid were easy to skin. Basically,I cut around the base of the tail before I cleaned the squirrel (so I had something to hold onto). I pulled with pliers until it stared to come loose all the way around, and then I just pulled it in one motion until it pulled completely off the boney tail section - inside out. I'd then put my knife inside the hollow of skin / hair I just pulled off and cut down the whole distance. Once done, laid flat on a table outdoors, with non-iodized salt sprinkled all over the skin side and left out until cured. Never had an issue. It's been a while though... wow... just calculated. About 40 years. So I may be out of practice, or forgetting a step. We will see later this year.



All the best,
Glenn