I skin head up too.
Usually I just make a noose around the neck, and start to skinning.
Me too. I do a few things in order though. Once the hog is hung, I'll run my knife up the insides of each leg, run a circle around each joint above the hooves, take the hooves off, run a circle around the top of the neck, run a line down the front, run a line down the back, go to skinning. Sometimes I'll leave the bottom hooves until I get a little farther into it. But I take the top ones off early to avoid dirt getting on the meat. I'm a freak about trying to keep the meat clean.
I vote for a skinning contest! It should be real fun!
