A small game skinning and cleaning aid that bears resemblance to a beam balance, or a mobile, has a beam that is suspended from a firmly tied-off top line. The beam extends between spaced outer retention points from where respective drop lines are retained. As well as having upper ends retained by the beam, the drop lines have lower ends that form self-tightening, readily un-tightened, nooses. A game animal is suspended by its hind paws, or fore paws, in the nooses. The upper ends of the drop lines are secured sufficiently fast to the beam in order to withstand the considerable pull of a user when stripping the pelt off the body in the manner of peeling off a sock. Yet the manner of securing the drop lines also allows their removal after use so that they can be washed of the soiling that results with use.