Rubbing, what is it?

scisms,
From my limited knowlege base, my understanding of rubbing is that it occurs when coyotes are breeding. As a result of mounting activity the fur is rubbed off or rubbed thin, or rubbed the wrong way /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif . The bottom line is that coyotes with rubbed fur are generally of lower value at the fur buyer.
What say guys, is that pretty much a summary of things???
 
Darknight, that's pretty close, lol. This time of year, hormones are triggered that initiate the shed of the coyotes winter coat. You see it in long haired domestic dogs too. They get the itch and begin to rub, scrape, and scratch at their coat. This is why, in another month, coyotes will look really scraggly. Have you ever seen a picture of a plains buffalo when it's begun to shed it's winter coat? Same thing. But your suggestion might be a lot more fun way to do it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
NASA,

Okay, I'm blushing over here......now I feel like an idiot!!!! Still learning!!!!!

Thanks, now delete the post before I REALLY feel like a jackarse /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
No way, don't delete. This is a fun thread. Who says education can't be fun, too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Like you, I don't claim to be an expert either. I've been at this a long time and I'm still learning. Who knows, this thread could develop into something we all can learn from. I've seen it happen.
 
Darknight,

Don't feel bad. I've heard that idea passed on for ages. If a person didn't know better, it's a feasable theory.

Randy
 
I prefer his theory. I would love to loose my hair from to much WHOOPIE! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
You guys are all crazy!! "RUBBIN" is when a coyote takes a half a pinch of rabbit and a half a pinch of whitetail between his check and gum. Just having some fun. Ha! Ha!
 
I had been rubbing for years before I learned that yotes also rubbed. I just started loosing my hair a few years ago and it ain't from mange.
 
Mange will leave the skin bare, scabby and inflamed, sometimes with open, runny sores, as already mentioned. "Rubbing" is just the beginning of the shed. Patches of the wool undercoat loosen and begin to work to the surface of the coat. Some of the long guard hairs begin to fall out as well. It doesn't happen all at once, but over a few months. But the "rub" signals the beginning of the end of fur season. When they start shedding fur, the pelts are worthless.
 
So like...i know I need a hair cut, but why does my head itch so bad /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Even if I haven't got any ....er uh...well you know...it itches!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif LOL, hey Buker....shoot me an e-mail. I need your address, i got somethin for ya.
 
All of the yotes I caught in WY last nov.-dec were rubbed. They must have lost some hair in the sage brush. I have seen some rubbed by the time the snow fell, but this year was the worst. Some loose some hair when they lay on snow, it pulls a couple when they get up. This year it was very noticeable, I was docked on the price.T.20
 
Wifes in the second trimester of this pregnancy and Im begining to look like an ape. Summer is going to be here soon and Im going to have my winter coat on. :eek: :eek:
 
I've got an question to add to this.

Why do they lose thier "guard hairs"?

Are they the first to go with the shed or are they just very delicate?
 
All furs are best in winter. There is a period from the beginning of Spring to the middle of September, when furs are worthless. The reason why furs become worthless in summer is, that all fur-bearing animals shed their coats, or at least lose the finest and thickest part of their fur as warm weather approaches, and have a new growth of it in the fall to protect them in winter. This whole process is indicated in some animals, by the color of the inside part of the skin. As summer approaches, it becomes brown and dark. That is a sign that the best fur is gone. The dark skin absorbs heat in place of the thick undercoat that has shed. Afterward the skin grows light-colored again and in winter when the fur is in the best condition, it is altogether white. When the pelt is white, it is called prime by the fur-dealers. The fur is then glossy, thick and of the richest color and become prime about the first of November. There is probably some variation with the latitude, of the exact period at which furs become prime, the more northern being a little in advance. Some fur takers begin too early in the season, consequently much poor fur is taken, which must be sold at low prices, and is unprofitable to the hunter, the fur-buyer, and the manufacturer.
 
Remember that any question you have for the board is probably being thought by 100 others. And as is the case here scisms was not the only one wanting to know the answer and darknight is certainly not the only one who made that assumption. :rolleyes: /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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