Author Topic: B@C coyote skull! Lets measure em up! (Read 14697 times)

bucklucky · « **on:** May 29, 2008, 03:44:07 PM »

I was denkin around today and was measuring a cougar skull and thought well heck, I will measure my biggest yote skull. It measured at a whopping 11 7/16. Thought if anyone else kept any of there yote skulls we could measure and see what is a big yote skull. So far mine is the biggest

wastickslinger · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:47:15 PM »

I have killed a few biggens but I just hang them on a fence post or let em lay. I dont even like to touch them.

I wonder what the record skull would be.

cascademountainhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:47:44 PM »

how do you measure them?
i got a few coyote skulls.

bucklucky · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:51:28 PM »

Just like measureing a bear or cougar, basically use calipers and get the length from the back of the shull to the front bone above the teeth and then the width of the skull at the widest point looking straight down from the top. I will take a couple pics and post them.

bucklucky · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:59:34 PM »

Here are the 2 measurements you take and add together. Take the measurements to the nearest 1/16th. Length plus width = score.

cascademountainhunter · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:03:30 PM »

what could i use if i dont have calipers?
im tryin to think of somthing.
unless i just do my best with a tape measure.

bucklucky · « **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:11:22 PM »

A peice of wire that will bend and stay where you bend it. Bend it like my caliper.

billythekidrock · « **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:14:41 PM »

If you don't have calipers you can put the back of the skull against a piece of wood - on top of a piece of paper - and mark the length and width then add them up.

robodad · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:20:10 PM »

Lay it on a white sheet of paper with a cloth tape under and snap a picture. That way you will have both the measurements and some pictures !!

cascademountainhunter · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:21:16 PM »

i did the paper way and got 11.5 inches on one in my room.
some time this week i will measure more at my grandpas and tell ya the biggest one.
ill find some wire and use that at grandpas.

JoshT · « **Reply #10 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:25:48 AM »

The one I shot in January scores 11 1/8... unless there's a deduction for a broken upper canine tooth. She also had the best hide I've seen on a WA coyote in at least 5 years.

Dog:

Skull:

tlbradford · « **Reply #11 on:** June 04, 2008, 09:51:26 AM »

Let me know if you guys want some coyote skulls this year, and I'll toss the heads in the freezer for anyone to pick up in spokane. You'll have to clean them yourself.

WAcoyotehunter · « **Reply #12 on:** June 04, 2008, 10:25:02 AM »

You guys are sick....making coyote hunting a trophy sport...sick

T-ROY · « **Reply #13 on:** June 05, 2008, 11:15:27 AM »

If you are not using calipers, set his chin on a book and you probably gain a 1/4 inch. notice how the calipers are at an angle on the length measurement. your not getting that little extra with his shull flat

ivarhusa · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:52:12 PM »

I will write up more details in a fresh topic to bring up some questions I had, but I measured my "coyote #2" (not for the day, total) and came up with 11 7/8". Woot! It wasn't a 32# male.

@RCHER · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2009, 10:37:09 PM »

Custom Osteo in North Bend used to keep records. Not sure what ever happened to those records. Maybe we should start a catalog here.

Here's my largest coyote skull at 11 7/8", and a version of measuring tools I use for skulls.

ivarhusa · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2009, 10:17:43 PM »

I was admiring the nice device @rcher made up for measuring skulls, and I considered making one for myself. (Who knows why.) When I went into my shop I noticed something. I could use my table saw as-is to measure skulls! OK, not conveniently or portably:

I read the number off the fence:

Call me lazy...

@RCHER · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2009, 11:48:57 AM »

Heck yeah, doesn't get much better than that.

heavy hauler · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2009, 11:00:27 PM »

great, thanks charlie , now i got to save my yote skulls.the wife will just love that.

@RCHER · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2009, 04:04:07 PM »

Just giving this one a nudge since I'm a huge fan of keeping small game records, and I'm working on a MT song dog right now to add to the list.

You guys and gals have any new ones to add?

MtnMuley · « **Reply #20 on:** December 31, 2009, 04:24:06 PM »

Thanks for bringing it back up @rcher. This post always interested me. Although I'm the biggest dink yote shooter around, my friend got one last year that is an absolute donkey. It hasn't went into the bugs yet, but once it does, I will post pics.

@RCHER · « **Reply #21 on:** December 31, 2009, 07:29:19 PM »

Cool, I'm looking forward to seeing that big'un as well.

What do you guys think about just opening this up to all small game skulls? Maybe start a new thread?

Credit goes to bucklucky for thinkin it up.

bucklucky · « **Reply #22 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:46:57 AM »

rasbo · « **Reply #23 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:50:53 AM »

my bobcat,hancock strain

rougheye · « **Reply #24 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:52:44 AM »

priceless

Huntbear · « **Reply #25 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:53:35 AM »

Kind of a small one isn't it Rasbo???

bucklucky · « **Reply #26 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:53:49 AM »

I wonder if I can get my money back for my permit

@RCHER · « **Reply #27 on:** January 01, 2010, 12:31:28 PM »

C'mon! That thing looks photoshopped to me.

bearpaw · « **Reply #28 on:** January 01, 2010, 12:58:20 PM »

I think SCI keeps records on coyotes now....

bucklucky · « **Reply #29 on:** January 01, 2010, 02:30:59 PM »

Quote from: bearpaw on January 01, 2010, 12:58:20 PM

I think SCI keeps records on coyotes now....

You just yankin our chain ??

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #30 on:** January 01, 2010, 02:53:13 PM »

lol i am a huge skull freak but i could not keep my yote skull or pay money to have them done but they look cool.

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #31 on:** January 01, 2010, 03:13:42 PM »

Here's a B&C .......

I found

bucklucky · « **Reply #32 on:** January 01, 2010, 03:15:04 PM »

That there is a HUGE skull

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #33 on:** January 01, 2010, 03:26:35 PM »

rasbo · « **Reply #34 on:** January 01, 2010, 03:33:33 PM »

Quote from: Aneoakleaf on January 01, 2010, 03:13:42 PM

Here's a B&C ....... I found

what is it?

MtnMuley · « **Reply #35 on:** January 01, 2010, 04:59:49 PM »

What your skull regurgitated!

bearpaw · « **Reply #36 on:** January 01, 2010, 08:45:29 PM »

Check this link out:
http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/members/RB/view_topten.cfm?specID=M151

I believe your coyote would be #1.

http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/members/RB/view_minimums.cfm

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #37 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:13:48 PM »

I don't know, a squirle maybe

KTMSMOKER · « **Reply #38 on:** January 02, 2010, 10:20:27 PM »

I want to start hunting yotes for a few reasons. Something to do when I cant hunt deer or ride dirtbikes, get a tail, and mostly to get a skull. I love skulls. So far I have a bobcat, a boar, a mink and beaver. All were found. I was working in Alaska and found a huge caribo that died in a bog. I had to crawl into the bog, rip its head off and pack the stinky thing all day. Turns out stuff like that is not legal to take in Alaska, and the helicoper piolet would not let me take it

Great skulls guys. Hopefully soon I can add a pic of another one, maybe in the fall I can get a deer also, that would be nice.
~Buckless

Sportfury · « **Reply #39 on:** January 02, 2010, 10:43:32 PM »

BuckLucky I was listening to the predator hunting talk cast and at the end of the interview with Al Morris he started talking about the American Predator Federation. They are going to start measuring and keeping track of skulls. Thought it was pretty cool. They are going to have all different categories including trapping and it is going to be seperated by state.

Here is a link: http://www.huntapf.org/scoring.aspx

bucklucky · « **Reply #40 on:** January 03, 2010, 08:20:35 AM »

Cool, thanks for the link!

bighorns2bushytails · « **Reply #41 on:** January 03, 2010, 08:40:58 AM »

bucklucky beat me to it. apparantly this new APF is keeping online records of coyote skulls. so get out yer tape measures boys!

http://huntapf.org/

--BH2BT

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #42 on:** January 03, 2010, 07:32:38 PM »

Quote from: heavy hauler on March 02, 2009, 11:00:27 PM

great, thanks charlie , now i got to save my yote skulls.the wife will just love that.

Macerate them in the house. She will love you even more.

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