A few years ago I skinned a coyote without gloves, and my hands are always cracked with eczema. Two days ladder I was as sick as I have ever been. I had a 105 fever, chills, vomiting, and painful joints. I went to the doctor who called it the fleu, I told him about the coyote and he thought there was no correlation. I am almost positive it was not the flue. I do not know what it was, but I really think I got it from the still warm coyote. Now when I skin, I use rubber gloves and am very careful!
