hunting coati

[tiercel45]

is there anywhere were you can hunt or trap these guys

 

[MOUNTAINEER]

They have them in arizona. Im thinking you can take one a year but im not positive on that. I ran in to a few on the gila river a couple years ago. At the time i had no idea what it was until i found a pic on the net. Good luck

 

[zman33]

I live next to the Huachuca Mountains in southeastern AZ which have good populations of them. And as Mountaineer mentioned, the limit is one per year.

 

[Phil_Schmidt]

What is a coati?

 

[BillyTheKidd]

Can't take them in NM. Phil, it's kinda like a coon with a stuck up nose and more brownish.

 

[orkan]

http://www.desertusa.com/may97/du_coati2.html

^^^ coati.

Google is your friend.

 

[Phil_Schmidt]

Weird

 

[BillyTheKidd]

WEIRD???? buddy, weird is common place in this world lol.

 

[JasonV]

Do people eat them? Are the hides worth anything? Never seen such a thing before.

 

[coyotekiller92]

how big do they get?

 

[zman33]

They get up to 27 lbs. BTW - they also travel in packs. I was on an Army exercise 8-9 years ago and was laying in the woods as part of an ambush. I heard a huge amount of rustling getting closer and closer and next I knew a pack of coati ran me over. This was the first time I'd seen live ones.

I suppose there are those that eat them just like some folks eat coons, groundhogs, etc. I don't how much the fur is worth but I know that folks used to trap them..

 

[zman33]

tiercel45 - come on down to AZ. I'll put you on some.

 

[coyotekiller92]

do you need to be an az resident to take one per year in arizona?

 

[zman33]

Nope. A non-resident license covers you.