fly Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I've never taken a coyote, but given the chance I would. No one hunts them much and they can reduce turkey populations quickly. I gave one a hair cut at 30 yards while archery deer hunting yesterday. After the shot I started to think about what I would do with one if I got one. I heard about rugs and mounts, but is there any other use you all have with a dead coyote? I might do a rug for my first one, but then what? If you have any pictures of rugs or mounts I'd like to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I usually leave them unless it is close to the house. Buzzards got to eat too. I want them gone period. They are rough on the turkeys and the fawns, not to mention they could easily take down a calf, which would cost me money. Never have really considered a rug on a yote, but wanted to make a mount/rug from the grey fox I shot a few weeks ago. Unfortunately that little booger must have found a nearby hole in the side of one of these hills because we never could find it, rain washed away what blood there was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm thinking they would make a nice rug-style wall mount for a den. I have some good DIY descriptions of how to prepare and tan your own hides. That would make a prtty good winter project. Any more after the first one, and I would consider selling the furs. No, I'm not going to get rich, but it might help pay for the ammo or something. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oddg241 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Fur Buyers Check your newspaper want ads for fur buyers. Some years the prices get pretty good and with a lot of snow the hides will be better than the mild winters. You don't even have to skin them. They buy them whole. At least out here they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Got my first one mounted. After that, I give 'em to my buddy who runs the Western PA School of Taxidermy. His students can use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shorty785 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 i usually sell there furs and stuff sometimes i make a rug or a mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Let them rot in a field. Furs arent worth much around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Skin 'em, keep the skull; and let them rot down by the creek where I have my trap sets and trail cam. Most of the hides I get tanned, and hang on the wall of the camp house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdickey Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 This time of year, with their thick fur, they can make a neat wall mount. But usually I don't have much left of them, so I cut off their tail and hang them on the fence or gate! Kinda neat driving by and seeing 4 or 5 tails blowing in the wind! In some parts around here, hunters will hang the yote carcass on the fence next to the road. That's sort of an old tradition in these parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 In some parts around here, hunters will hang the yote carcass on the fence next to the road. That's sort of an old tradition in these parts! I'm guessing it's an old tradition that probably does not endear a whole lot of non-hunters or put them in a very supportive frame of mind. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Doc, hogs and coyotes are considered evil in some parts of Texas. They eat the deer feed and chase the game. When I was in Iraan,Tx last year on a Rio hunt, the ranch manager made us promise if we saw a predator or a hog/javelina we would shoot it. I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to find a anti hunter or even someone to object to coyote carcass mistreatment down there. It shows others you are doing your share of predator control by hanging them on the fence. It is Texas ,not NY where we need to tip toe around our sport not to hurt others feelings or encourage the anti hunting sentiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Yeah.......I suppose. To me it just seems to be a bit of "in-your-face" that may lose it's real significance on those that aren't hunters or farmers. I don't know......it's just something that I probably wouldn't do, and really can't see any good reasons for it. It seems like it would be much easier to just throw them in the grass rather than making some big display of rotting corpses. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but I suppose that comes from living in a whole different part of the country with a whole different culture. We hear so much about how hunters should respect their kill, and that is one of the pro-hunting mantras that we try to sell the public. This practice just seems to directly oppose that thought. At any rate, I suppose it's not a big deal. It just kind of struck me a bit wrong is all. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions. Most people around here don't like coyotes much but wouldn't be fond of seeing a dead one out on display either. Now if I lived in one of the uptight local sub-divisions that require non-colored christmas light displays and portable basketball goals only I'd hang it up just to get their yote (I mean goat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Now if I lived in one of the uptight local sub-divisions that require non-colored christmas light displays and portable basketball goals only I'd hang it up just to get their yote (I mean goat). :D:D Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 We just throw all the coyotes, foxes, and cats in a gully. Would do hogs the same way, except they're on the tasty side of the spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 First I skin em. Then I eat um. Just kidding. I sell the good ones and leave the manged out ones for the other coyotes to dine on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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