Originally Posted By: 6724Threads like this are pretty common. People who have often never killed a coyote and have certainly never skinned one or prepped it for sale are asking what ammo or what gun to use for their new found source of income that will pay for all their gas, ammo, and a couple of new guns.
I wonder how many times someone with $ signs in their eyes and visions of predator hunting shows flashing through their mind, actually go out and kill more than one or two coyotes AND find a fur buyer and sell them?
I understand the desire, but the reality is that the vast majority of people on this forum and that consider themselves predator hunters do not put up fur or even freeze them whole to sell later. I started a thread last year about people actually saving hides, the number IIRC was pretty small.
So, if your friend has a howizter and wants to shoot a coyote or two, go for it. But the ammo really doesn't make much difference as the fur will never see a tannery.
I agree with all of this. In reality he wont go out often at all and where he's located there arent many coyotes.
My dad puts up fur and has for 50 years, so I'm sure if he shoots a coyote my dad would do the work for him.