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I will try to show my version of the "Yote Tote".  It is small and very light (only weighs an ounce or two).  Works very well and does not rotate in your hand.


Go to your local hardware store (I went to Menards) and pick up a 4" piece of pvc plumbing pipe (30 cents).  The circumference is about 1".  Take along a screw-on pop bottle cap and the cap should be able to snap on the end of the pipe.  As you will see in the pictures, I use a pop cap on each end to keep the string secured inside the pipe when not in use.  Don't really need the pop caps otherwise.


 


I drill a hole in the center of one side of the pipe.  This hole should be small enough to just fit two ends of a string through.  Use a 4' piece of string.  I used duck decoy string.  It doesn't have to be very thick string as coyotes are not that heavy.  Stick the two ends through the hole and tie them together in a knot.  You can then pull the strings back tight so that the knot is inside the pipe snug against the drilled hole.


 


This next picture shows how I hold the Yote Tote in my hand.  With the string between your two middle fingers, it doesn't rotate.


 


The next pic shows how I tuck the string into the end and then put on the pop caps to keep the string from falling out and getting tangled up with other stuff you are carrying in your pocket.


 


Finally, for illustrative purposes, I am using a javelina to show how to hook the string on a coyote's nose.  We drag them out.  They slide very easy and we have seen no problems with ruining their fur.  Run the two strins behind the canines on top of the mouth and slide the pipe through the loop.  Snug it up tight and off you go!


 


Originally I thought the pvc pipe wouldn't hold up, but we have yet to have one break on us.  They are lightweight and easy to store and work great for dragging out a coyote.  They only take 10 minutes to make.  Enjoy!


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