What do you do with a coyote you shot?

[wafisherman]

First off, I'm no tree hugger, but at the same time, tend to think if you kill it, you should have a purpose for it (hopefully eating it).  Just curious if there is anything to hunting coyote beyond just the thrill of the kill?  Honing your shooting skills?  Eliminating a nuisance species?  Helping with over population?  All the above?  None of the above?

I'm considering what I'll do if I'm out on a hunt and get a chance to pop one.  If it is just me, I'll pop it.  If I have one of my kids with me, or my wife, I'll need to give them a reason why it needs to die...  It took me some time to get my wife in full support of deer hunting, but this year she embraced it and loved being able to provide the family with meat they loved and was as 'organic' as it comes... 

This isn't a trick question and no right or wrong answer.  Just wondering if I'll get more responses like "who cares - it is legal and it is just fun to shoot them" to "they are a nuisance and we are helping save fawns, pets, and small game by thinning them out" to "You can do XYZ with the pelt"...

[Curly]

"they are a nuisance and we are helping save fawns, pets, and small game by thinning them out"

Above is the answer I like.

[jackmaster]

you put the fur up, and what i mean by that is preserve it, or sell them to a fur buyer, in the midwest they get up to 200 to 300 for a yote, washington yotes dont bring as much, but they do look cool hanging from a fur pole, and if sheet hits the fan ya got fur to make clothes out of 

[NRA4LIFE]

Funny, I just shot my first last week, a big male to boot.  Was thinking of doing something with the hide but the damned thing stunk so bad I just pitched it.  For me it's getting rid of a nuisance pest, saving deer, turkey's, etc.  The farmers around my place love to hear of them dying as well.

[wraithen]

I found a taxidermy school. They said they'd pay me 20 bucks for a really rough hide, more for better ones.

[predatorpro]

well you can get anywere from $15 to $40(perfect fur) for a good coyote! fur prices just arent what they use to be, how someone could pay 2 to 300 dollars for a coyote im not sure...fur buyers are just sellers too, they have to turn around and process it (skinning, stretching tanning etc.) they cant sell em for that much! you can however get into highprices with bobcats, that can be a different story! do some research their are fur buyers in this state, george brady of pateros is where i take my furs, good luck!

[GEARHEAD]

i feed many many mouths and beaks with mine.

[BiggLuke]

um... yep.
You pretty much covered all the bases on what we will probably respond with.
If your kids are with you, you can use the coyote as a very valuable lesson on how to clean and skin an animal.
Show them how to skin an animal properly and why fur used to be so valuable. You know, like what its uses are?

Then take the skin home and you could always just do a simple dried hide hanging mount.
When they ask what to do with the meat.... well, you could always cook someup for them.... though, they'll probably hate the taste. lol.
You could just say that you miss placed the carcass after skinning it?

Maybe....   

I'm not sure what I would do. You pose a very interesting point.
Obviously, as a wildlife lover, I would shoot any coyote I saw.
Their only "natural" predator used to be the Wolf.
But we pretty much got rid of wolves forever ago.
Now it's our responsibility to manage the coyotes to ensure they don't wipe out any other populations of animals... like quail, grouse, or ducks and geese.
I've seen coyotes completly waste out nests in the spring.

Just saying....   

[CAMPMEAT]

I leave 'em where I shoot them. I have no use for a killing machine.

[VarmintVentilator]

Not shooting any coyotes means overpopulation.  Then you will have less game animals.  Pheasant,hun,quail,fawn etc.  Don't forget about the rancher and his new born calves.  Your pet cats and small dogs as well.  Have taken out 4 coyotes in the last 2 years that got peoples dogs going right into their yard to get them.  Just a few thoughts to ponder.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Trying to keep an otherwise unchecked predator somewhat in check.  They kill alot of fawns, birds, small game, even pets when given the chance.  They can live and survive practically ANYWHERE, that includes inside city limits and neighborhoods.   

If you have any doubts about how vicious and relentless they can be, go to youtube and search for "coyotes killing fawn" for example, but be prepared, because it is nowhere near a Disney production. 

They do make challenging trophies when you try calling one, as they are in possession of excellent eyesight, hearing and smell.  And some can make very striking mounts and rugs, and can have a somewhat limited value in the fur market, but as has been said, Washington coyotes don't bring premium prices.

[Dick in the Dirt]

Chinese Restaurant 

[wafisherman]

I leave 'em where I shoot them. I have no use for a killing machine.

I'm I the only one whe sees the irony here?   

Just kidding.

I appreciate all the responses.  I have no problem letting one lay where I drop it.  But would be even better if there was a practical use.  I'm in the Snohomish\Monroe area.  Any place I could donte one in the area? 

[CAMPMEAT]

Coyote deserve no respect, unless you're a treehugger.

[wraithen]

I leave 'em where I shoot them. I have no use for a killing machine.

I'm I the only one whe sees the irony here?   

Just kidding.

I appreciate all the responses.  I have no problem letting one lay where I drop it.  But would be even better if there was a practical use.  I'm in the Snohomish\Monroe area.  Any place I could donte one in the area?

Donate? Donate it to your taxi. He will find a use for it.

[wafisherman]

i feed many many mouths and beaks with mine.

Please explain.  You feeding your family?  Dogs?  Chickens? 

Curious, as I have a big family (8 kids), 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a small hobby farm (chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, hogs)

[VarmintVentilator]

He leaves them for the scavengers.  Ravens, crows, magpies etc.  They have to eat to.  (Coyotes would love your place.)   

[gaddy]

or you could do like a kid i worked with once & leave it in the back of your pu for a couple weeks so you could show it to everybody. untill his neighbors complained of the smell & he dumped it in the shops dumpster.
so many options. i like the educational aspect the best. teach the kids about the yotes & thier impacts on the environment in which they live, be honest & dont sugar coat it. better than haveing them learn from a different source.

[billythekidrock]

i feed many many mouths and beaks with mine.

Please explain.  You feeding your family?  Dogs?  Chickens? 

Curious, as I have a big family (8 kids), 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a small hobby farm (chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, hogs)

[wafisherman]

i feed many many mouths and beaks with mine.

Please explain.  You feeding your family?  Dogs?  Chickens? 

Curious, as I have a big family (8 kids), 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a small hobby farm (chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, hogs)

Yummy   

[Caseyd]

If I could find the coyote roast thread from last year I'd post it up

[Raul Duke]

I usually donate mine to a guy that sells them to a fur buyer. I hunt them for fun, and have no use for them.  If he can make a couple bucks off them, its better than me leaving them in a ditch.

[CAMPMEAT]

I'd actually donate them if I could get paid for my time, travel, gas, ammo, insurance, wear and tear on my truck etc. So basically, it's not worth my time to do that.

[MadHatter]

I normally take a picture, and leave them... Once in a while I will use them for ballistic testing, when I am trying a new ammo and want to see how it performs on flesh, i will generally do this if I am going to the range the next day... Before my huge chest freezer crapped out I would sometimes freeze them for use as bait later on... But 99% of the time I just leave em...

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[DaveBTS]

Make a stuffed animal. Buy a head from a taxidermy catalog, mount that but fill the body with pillow stuffing. I'm sure some of the taxidermists on here could help you out

[Bofire]

  $200.00 for a coyote, not! crap 200 for a midwest bob is good. west side coyote maybe 5-20 bucks if its good. Idaho coyotes full body, unskinned, go for 5-25 bucks!!!!
Kill em cuz they eat deer and elk babies!
Carl

[littlemac]

Folks around where we are thought I was full of crap about the coyotes and how bold they are.  A lot of neighbors like to take walks in the woods with their dogs and have them of leash and not well trained to come on command.

My wife has bear spray (we do see a few each year) and she is pretty good about taking it.

After last weeks attack on a Griffon that the neighbor was out walking I imagine the concern about me whacking a few coyotes is gone.  The neighbor was fortunate that it only required a vet visit and some stitches.  If she hadn't been close behind the coyote would have had dinner.

Trouble is (IMHO) the neighbors don't aggressively discourage the coyotes from being around and it didn't take the coyotes long to decide there were some easy pickins.  I have encouraged a few to stay out of my place and it seems we see one to re-educate every year or so, otherwise they steer clear.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Here is a good example of coyotes living inside city limits and also what littlemac is saying about folks opinions of them.  These were set-up on the sidewalks along the Golden Gate Park in the middle of San Fransico....

[hoytem]

lol that's funny right there!

[littlemac]

Here is a good example of coyotes living inside city limits and also what littlemac is saying about folks opinions of them.  These were set-up on the sidewalks along the Golden Gate Park in the middle of San Fransico....

Griffith Park in California had a serious problem and MacArthur Park as well as I recall from an article in American Hunter awhile back.

I found the Griffith Park tale here:  http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Coyote-Problem-Gets-Ugly-in-Griffith-Park-59993177.html

[jackmaster]

well you can get anywere from $15 to $40(perfect fur) for a good coyote! fur prices just arent what they use to be, how someone could pay 2 to 300 dollars for a coyote im not sure...fur buyers are just sellers too, they have to turn around and process it (skinning, stretching tanning etc.) they cant sell em for that much! you can however get into highprices with bobcats, that can be a different story! do some research their are fur buyers in this state, george brady of pateros is where i take my furs, good luck!

in north dakota right now you can get 2 to 300 for a put up skin, guys are buying them for as much as 70 dollars in the round

[Bofire]

   http://trappingtoday.com/index.php/category/fur-prices/

here are the latest prices.
Carl

[Arnbo]

Funny, I just shot my first last week, a big male to boot.  Was thinking of doing something with the hide but the damned thing stunk so bad I just pitched it.  For me it's getting rid of a nuisance pest, saving deer, turkey's, etc.  The farmers around my place love to hear of them dying as well.

Skin while it is still warm   No stink

[janttihunter]

You should see the ones where I grew up in Cape Cod.. Coywolves, coyote wolve hybrid..They get up to 100lbs..

[rock]

My friends get one day of hunting deer for every coyote he shoots on this ranchers property.

[TONTO]

 Wolf practice

[lokidog]

My friends get one day of hunting deer for every coyote he shoots on this ranchers property.

That's funny, I had a rancher near Dayton that said I could try to call the cougar that had been seen around but he didn't want me shooting any coyotes because they helped keep the groundsquirrel populations down.  I thought he was a little bonkers, but didn't see any coyotes anyways.

Many science/biology teachers would probably be interested in having a tanned hide donated to their classroom.  This might cost a bit of $$ but could be good PR.  They might even have some money in budget to help.

[Donaye37]

yeah besides all that you can tan the pelt and use it for something good