I normally don't make this noob mistake and I always heard if you butcher first you ruin the hide?
Well this is not so, I accidently butchered a bear and after 5 meat cuts I then skinned it. I replicated this twice with two bears, on the 2nd one to check, I actually butchered down to the steaks, still the skin comes out.
If this is meant to still work then no bug, but if butchering is supposed to ruin the hide, well it don't.
If it makes any matter, I plopped the bears on a sled before and after butchering and skinning. So that may have reset something idk.