Coyote tow rope

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MTBPA

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Yesterday I had to drag a 30-pound coyote by his hind leg through snow back to the truck.

Does anyone sell a rope with a noose in one end to fasten around the coyotes legs with a T-handle on the other end to hold onto while dragging the yote.
 
MTBPA,
A loop of bale twine around a coyotes snout behind the canine teeth works about as good as anything. The coyote gets dragged head first over the snow. It costs nothing, weighs nothing and in a farming or ranching area is easy to replace.
 
Here is my solution(Actually mastered by my calling partner),

I take a length of rope tie the hind legs togetherleaving extra to go to the front legs. Leave about 4 inches of rope between the front and back legs and tie the front legs together. Next take my shooting stix(modified tent pole) run it through the legs length wise. Now you have a coyote suit case. Carry by the shooting sticks. Advantages:
This allows you to carry the yote off of the gound
Keep blood off of you
Makes it easy to switch hand and take breaks

I will take a pic nest time I tow one like this.
 
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I second what Guess stated: Reese Coyote Carrier

Click on the link in Guess' post or send Loren a PM. Great guy and great products.
 
E.L.K. Inc makes what they call a "Yote Tote", which is a string with a T handle like you mentioned. I think they are out of Montana so you should support your statesmen and buy one. I have used mine to drag a coyote or two. It works pretty good. You can hook it on their teeth or leg.
 
Doglegs got it right, I use pretty much the same thing only I have a peice of wooden dowel with a couple of holes drilled in it to tie the twine put a loop on the other end and use it like a lariet on the coyotes front legs, I wouldn't buy one,
 
MTBPA, I just saw on Reese's site(see link in post above) that they hace a turkey carrier too. Looks like if the loops are a good size you could use it as a drag too.
 
Whatever happened to good old fashioned ingenuity? Use approximately 12 inches of p cord (parachute cord) which also is used for skinning. Put a loop through the coyotes mouth and the other loop over a diamond lap sharpener or shooting sticks, then drag to the nearest fence post or tree and skin. The baler twine is also a good idea. I like to make as much stuff as possible, that's part of the game. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Can somebody tell me how to show put pictures on here? Speaking of making things, I recently made two skinning gambrels out of rope and metal rings which I am really proud of. You can use the two gambrels together to drag a coyote also. If someone can tell me that I will show you the gambrels.
 
I've drug coyotes back to the truck for years. I'm absolutely sold on the Loren's Coyote Carriers. A coyote is a whole lot easier to carry than drag. (especially if you are carrying more than one back) Plus, the fur looks alot better when you throw it up on the tailgate.

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My 2 cents...

Tony
 
I use a 1/4 inch nylon rope with a small loop tied in the end. I run the rope through the loop and put it around the coyotes neck then put a half hitch around the top jaw to help hold the head up. Then I just tie the rope around my waist with the knot in the back and start walking.

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Here are a few photos of what I use. First one is just nylon rope with a bowline knot tied on one end so you can comfortably fit your gloved hand in the loop. The bowline knot does not slip, so you don't cut off circulation in your hand On the other end there is a small loop with a bowline knot so you can slip the other end through it and have a "slip knot" type situation to place around the bottom teeth and slip the two front paws into it or just slip the hind legs into the sliding loop. If I am going to tow a coyote or coyotes by myself, I just slip the loop around the lower jaw, slip the front feet in there and start to tow. If I have a partner, one of us takes the front end and the other the rear to carry the critter or critters back to the vehicle.

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Here's a photo of my hunting partner and I with each of us carrying one end. Please note that I had the brainy end and my partner had the idiot end!!! We were wearing hunter orange because we were out coyote calling during deer season.

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This next photo illustrates how the rope is slipped over the bottom jaw and the front legs are also slipped into the loop and tightened down for towing.

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Here is a tow rope that is similar to Howler's. I used a piece of a broken hoe handle for the wooden portion. I drilled the hole completely through the length of the handle instead of just through the short way. I like the fact that the handle spreads the load out over the handle and is easier on your hands, but I don't like the extra space the handle takes. I usually carry my tow ropes in the plier pocket on my camo coveralls.

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I don't like to have coyotes (and their passengers, the fleas) as close to me as some of the fellows in the photos in this thread. When the coyote's body begins to cool off those fleas will sometimes try to find a host that is still quite warm--guess who that is going to be?!?!?! Although I don't believe the fleas will live on you for long, they do make you very uncomfortable for a while.
 
Good Demo Silverfox, If you only knew one knot I think the bowline is the best. Also if you don't have a dowel then a short piece of schedule 40 pvc pipe will work.
 


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