Big female yote down

NMBorderYote

NMBorderYote

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Made it out for a couple of stands yesterday afternoon. I went 1 for 3, but it would have been hard to top the first stand. At about the five minute mark this big female sneaks in behind some mesquite. I have shotgun in hand, but quickly realize she is too far, so in my haste my Model 12 ends up in the dirt instead of across my lap...
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Anyway, the slow but steady transition to the rifle on the BogPod is made and down she goes.
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I thought she looked like a nice sized yote, until I picked her up....she was a pig...healthy and fat. Have yet to have our first heavy frost, so she did not make it to the stretcher. ENJOY
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Nice coyote, I'm glad you had some success, the wind shut us down yesterday and today. They said 15mph winds, yeah right more like 50mph.
 
Bear,
I didn't even check so see if the inside was blue. I was going off the no freeze factor and the days are still getting into the high 60's. It's one of my pet-peaves when it comes to throwing effort after foolishness. And to put forth the effort of skinning, fleshing and stretching only to get $5.00 from the fur trader...NO I will wait till we have a good frost and at least a couple of days after that before I start stretching. Bobcat and fox open up tomorrow, we'll see how that goes.
 
NMBorderYote and other interested folks-- Remember, I'm no furbearer biologist, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night
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Whether the fur is prime or not doesn't really depend on what the temperatures are in you area, it depends mainly on the length of the days, meaning less sunlight helps bring on fur primeness. The area of the country you are in (southern US as opposed to northern US) will influence the amount of fur required to keep the animal warm in the winter. Hence, coyotes from SW New Mexico probably don't require as heavy a fur coat as coyotes up here in the NW corner of North DaColder. Here are two charts that indicate general times for fur primeness based on Minnesota conditions.

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When the inside of the hide turns from blue to the creamy white color, then you have a prime fur. The undergrowth should be very thick and the outside guard hairs should be long and silky as well. Coyotes and other furbearers develop the thick undergrowth and long guard hairs to keep them warm in the winter. The long guard hairs function to keep the snow away from the thick underfur and keep that underfur from getting wet and keep it from getting frozen to the snow they usually have to bed down in. When spring and summer roll around they lose that thick undergrowth and the guard hairs break off. Later on in the summer the thick undergrowth and the guard hairs begin to grow back and the hair follicles are being fed by the blood of the animal and, as I understand it, that is what makes the inside of the hide look dark blue. When the guard hairs and thick undergrowth fur are developed the blood stops feeding the follicles and the inside of the hide turns the creamy white color.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it
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Silverfox,
Thanks I needed that information. It is a little ironic right now,as I follow up on this post. We have a really nice cold front blowing in from the southwest to include snow up high and rain down low. Also with me not cutting open the skin to check on color was another rookie mistake I will not make again. I appreciate the help.
 
NMBorderYote--Don't beat yourself up over not checking for primeness.

Up here in ND, I usually start calling coyotes the last week in October. I'll often find some that are still a touch blue on the inside of the hide. I usually just open them up along the dividing line between the dark and light colored fur on the backside of the hind legs to check the skin color. By the end of October there are still some coyotes that don't have the guard hairs fully developed and even some where the thick underfur isn't as good as it could be. I still pop them into the chest-type freezer and sell them in the round.

Good luck on the rest of the season.
 
As Gonzaga said, the wind probably slowed to about 35, once or twice, this weekend. I did jump a heavily furred, very large, coyote, while driving across the pasture, yesterday. I didn't have a decent shot, so just watched it go.
Mark
 
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