What to do with the yotes you shoot?

[thatsjet]

I plan to get out yote hunting as much as I can over the next two months and I've been watching videos on pelt harvesting and... whew... seems like a lot of work for not much return. I'm thinking of keeping my first couple if I get some, just to say I've done it, but in the long term probably just leave them where they drop to feed to rest of the forest critters.

 

[ZMT588]

I cut the heads off a few I've shot and buried them in the yard. Lost 2 of them in the ground lol. Found one. Came out kind of clean. The skull was pretty cool. My son thought it was awesome at least.

 

[Wildabeest]

I take the scalp and lower jaw bone to UT DWR and they give me $50. Leave the rest in the field.

 

[thusby]

If you are getting prime winter pelt coyotes it would be a shame to leave them on the hill. Take them all with you and turn them into a comforter, hat or gloves. You can just hang prime pelts on the wall too for a good luck.

 

[belshawelk]

Let other yotes eat them. Then shoot them.

 

[nontyp]

some choice B and some choice D. Id say greater than 50% that I have shot have sarcoptic mange, so I don’t even touch them.

 

[Sask hunter]

Save the pelts and skin them. On most years I kill enough between November and February that they get a pass from me the rest of the year.

 

[thatsjet]

Okay then, questions.
1) Do y'all mostly pelt them out in the field or wait til you get home? I was thinking I could just take a gimbrel with me into the field and hang it from a tree then I don't have to dispose of the carcass in nefarious ways back in the city limits.
2) I've heard yote pelts are pretty thick and last a while without tanning. If I flesh them out, salt, and stretch them how long will they last in a cold shed do you think?

 

[Sask hunter]

Okay then, questions.
1) Do y'all mostly pelt them out in the field or wait til you get home? I was thinking I could just take a gimbrel with me into the field and hang it from a tree then I don't have to dispose of the carcass in nefarious ways back in the city limits.
2) I've heard yote pelts are pretty thick and last a while without tanning. If I flesh them out, salt, and stretch them how long will they last in a cold shed do you think?

2 - they will last till summer when the bugs come out.

I skin at hime cause a heated garage is much nicer then the winter. But carcass disposal is easy for me they go back to my snaring bait piles

 

[brockel]

Save the pelts and skin them. On most years I kill enough between November and February that they get a pass from me the rest of the year.

Same with me. They get a pass from me when the hides aren’t good

 

[BrentD]

38.1% confirm why I don't think much of coyote hunting.

 

[wyoboypt]

Sell them whole to petska or another fur buyer. I’ve gotten anywhere from 5-105$ per coyote whole. Winter time only obviously.

 

[Schism]

I skin and put up 90% of the coyotes I shoot. A few with mange or mites will get transported and disposed of without being skinned. I don't like shooting coyotes that aren't prime but have made exceptions when landowners who allow me access ask for my help removing coyotes causing problems during calving season.

 

[D_Walt]

One of the guys that hunts with us on our south Texas place has a 12 year old son who shot one with his bow a couple weeks ago, he skinned it and cooked the back straps over the campfire....and he ate it. I did not not partake though the young man did generously offer.

 

[MT Bound]

I find it very satisfying to skin them out, flesh, stretch and sell. I enjoy cleaning up the fur while it's drying and getting a little $$ for doing something I love to do, but that's just me.

The skulls look really neat boiled down and bleached white.

I've got one tanned, and I also have a pedestal mount of a big male I shot years ago, looks really good

 

[WildWill]

I voted for sell since that's what happens to the majority of mine. But honestly it's a combo of all except the taxidermy option. I only leave a coyote if it's real bad. If you don't have a good area to skin and dispose of carcasses near you then you should definitely do it in the field and save yourself some hassle. This is the only coyote I left this season.

 

[thatsjet]

I voted for sell since that's what happens to the majority of mine. But honestly it's a combo of all except the taxidermy option. I only leave a coyote if it's real bad. If you don't have a good area to skin and dispose of carcasses near you then you should definitely do it in the field and save yourself some hassle. This is the only coyote I left this season.

WOOF! That's one ugly doggo. You did him a favor.

 

[Nick87]

I voted for sell since that's what happens to the majority of mine. But honestly it's a combo of all except the taxidermy option.

Same here. I usually sell them whole if there not too rubbed or shot up. Other option is I've give them to guys who use them for training their hounds.

 

[Harrier]

Next coyote I shoot will become a hat, or maybe a pair of gloves.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Depends on the year. I skin and dry them either way. I enjoy that part. If I have enough to make it worthwhile, I’ll send them to auction. If not, I send them to the tannery. Might use some tanned ones for some projects I have in mind. Otherwise I leave them alone outside fur season.