Ep. 735: Dispatches from Africa - Skinnin’ For A Livin’

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Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella talks with the Senior Skinner of Robin Hurt Safaris.

Topics Discussed: Being in the skinning business for over 35 years; thick and thin hides; a highly skilled trade; and more.

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1:10.6	Music Lenovo The Okay, everybody, welcome to FWAT 5 dispatches from African. Today we are in the skinning area of camp. If you're
1:15.0	listening, it'd be great if you went and watched, if you're watching, bear with us
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1:32.1	So, we're in the skinning area at the camp here.
1:35.9	And we got a big skinning table made out of just rough hewn planks at working height
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