box-skinning

Updated: May 9, 2025

It was a stupendous job, as he weighed nearly one thousand pounds, and lay on the steep canyon side ready to roll on and crush us. But with ropes we lashed him by the neck to a tree and split him up the back, later box-skinning the legs according to the method required by the museum. By flashlight, acetylene lamp, candle light, fire light and moonlight, we labored.

Saxton Pope - Hunting with the Bow and Arrow