What do you do with the carcass?

NProell82

NProell82

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I am just wondering what everyone does the the coyotes after they kill them? I know many people skin them and sell the pelts, but what about the people who just kill them? Do you just leave them where they lie? I would imagine some land owners wouldn't like it if you just kill the coyotes and just leave them on their land.

If you skin them, what do you do with the carcass? Can you throw it out and use it for bait for other coyotes? Will they eat their own? DO you just throw it away?

Just curious, I am brand new to coyote hunting and if and when I get one, I am not quite sure what I'll do with it, besides strike a pose with it of course.

Nick
 
If it has mange I leave it right where it's at. The ones I skin get thrown in some tall grass in a field somewhere. Nothing goes to waste in nature. The buzzards and bugs will take care of what's left.
 
Mangy ones are left where shot or tossed into tall grasses away from cattle.
Skinned ones are tossed into a dead at ranches, they get eaten by other coyotes/eagles, fox, ravens, badgers etc.
 
Originally Posted By: TJT3I usually skin then eat them. Got some good recipes... ....That's hardcore. What is your least favorite food?
 
I would hope that anybody that hunts coyotes while they're prime and where coyotes have decent fur would make every effort to see to it that the pelt is not wasted. That being said, mangy or badly rubbed coyotes should be left to be recycled by ma nature.

And PLEASE don't do like some morons have done and hang them up on fence lines for unsuspecting motorists to see. It does our sport no good at all.
 
Some places sell parts(skull, teeth, etc.)
Fat works for fire starters.
I have never seen or seen evidence of a coyote eating another coyote. Cougars(cats) are different. Not saying it can't happen because even people have been desperate before too.
I have seen Magpies, vulture, crows and more wipe out a coyote carcass in hours.
 
I bring home the carcasses, take pics. Often I get side tracked for a day or two and they sit. Sometimes I get them buried under some shavings from the horse stalls right away. In the end, they all wind up in the compost pile with shavings on them. Sometimes the wife is more upset than other times depending on the timeliness of the burial. She's even more pissed when she does the burial herself, lol. She looks like
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After a few months when the weather has warmed a bit and the pile has had time to rot and pickle and ferment, I tear the pile apart and pull all the canine teeth out of the sculls and wash and disinfect. I've got a sandwich bag almost filled. I plan on putting them in the Dillon and polishing them and making a necklace out of it. That should look pretty hardcore and primal. Thought about incorporating them onto my lanyard also.
 
If I kill one and take it home and it ends up freezing, I suppose I could just throw it in the garbage since it's frozen eh?

If I watch videos and read some tutorials, would a first-time hunter be able to skin one successfully? Or is it pretty difficult to get it right the first time? I'd love to be able to make a little cash even if it's only $10, it's better than nothing in my opinion.
 
You could probably sell them whole...frozen of course. If you're going to throw them away I wouldn't even waste time carrying them back to the truck. But to answer your question,yes you could successfully skin one. It will take practice and you'll need the right tools if you choose to skin,flesh and stretch a coyote pelt to get every bit of money out of it as you possibly can. If not I'd find a fur buyer and sell the whole thing.
 
Originally Posted By: spotstalkshootNproell82 PM me if you shoot one, I have skinned and put up a lot of fur.
Will do! I'm heading out tomorrow morning, going to be a cold one! Hopefully the new low self discharge batteries in the Foxpro perform as advertised. Where in MN are you?
 
Originally Posted By: NProell82Originally Posted By: TJT3I usually skin then eat them. Got some good recipes...
Are you serious? Lol

Absolutely!!! A little garlic and fry them like steak fingers. Not bad
 
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They're not hard to skin. Surely there are you-tube tutorials out there. My first recommendation is to do it while they're still warm as they peel so much easier.
 


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