+1 Daryl, I'm with you. If it was just about the money we make for the time we spend, we would be crazy to hunt, fish, or go after any of the natural treasures that God has given us. It would just be so much easier to go to the store and buy what we want, and work a little overtime to pay for it.
I'm not going to say that people who don't take care of an animals pelt should never kill these animals, but that's pretty close to how I feel.
I kind of like the "Country boy can survive" philosophy, and am proud to take care of my meat, pelts, mushrooms, fruits, and other etc.s that we are blessed with where I live. It's all part of the hobby, and way of life that we live.
By the way, good skinning tutorial. Sounds like we learned from the same guy. We need to pass this stuff along to kids who might be the same kind of crazy that we are. Might save the human race after the apocalypse.
jd