Coyote Pelt

[James MacMillan]

It really isn't hard at all to skin and cure a pelt. the stuff to do it is readily available at any good hunting goods store......

But if you have never done it, and you really want to save the hide, then find a local guy to do it for you. Better to practice a bit before you tackle a pelt you want to save.

If there is really no special emotional attachment to the pelt, and you just want a Coyote sporran, it would be better (and probably cheaper) to just bury the old guy and go ...here... or ...here... or ...here... and just buy a pelt.

[creativeaccents]

Not trying to be overly silly about the rabies aspect, but honestly concerned as I had a friend whose young brother died up near Commerce from rabbit fever after cleaning a rabbit.
Did some research on rabies in Georgia and found that of the hundreds of cases detected here only a few were in coyotes, but there have been rabid coyotes up near Lawrenceville. Apparently, the primary source is the raccoons they eat. The caveat in most articles was that coyotes are rarely brought in for testing.
Rabies is not transferred by exposure to the blood, but through any contact with saliva...something to consider in even thinking about the mask area.

[Kilted_Campbell]

Check out this web site. Very informative...



http://www.coyotehuntinginfo.com/

http://www.coyotehuntinginfo.com/how-to-skin-a-coyote/

Ethical hunters respect the animals we hunt, and, when we hunt, we do so responsibly.

[Bugbear]

Well, it can be a little gross if you aren't used to seeing... you know innerds and parts and stuff. Pluss you would need to have a place to do the deed that can be cleaned, like the backyard and not in the bath tub...
[QUOTE=James MacMillan;467911]It really isn't hard at all to skin and cure a pelt. the stuff to do it is readily available at any good hunting goods store......

But if you have never done it, and you really want to save the hide, then find a local guy to do it for you. Better to practice a bit before you tackle a pelt you want to save.

[James MacMillan]

Well, it can be a little gross if you aren't used to seeing... you know innerds and parts and stuff.

Well, you don't have to see any "innerds and parts and stuff" You just make a couple of cuts to bleed it out, then hang, cut, pull - stretch and scrape. If you are not going to use the meat (don't have a dog in the neighborhood?) just despose of it the same way that you would any dead body.

[Clockwork John]

... If you are not going to use the meat (don't have a dog in the neighborhood?) just despose of it the same way that you would any dead body.

So... are we talking a shallow grave in the desert? Toss it in the river with a few cinder blocks tied to it? Or is this more of a hydrochloric acid in the bathtub kind of situation?

If you just want the thing gone, get a big dog with decent hunting instrincts. If the coyote lives, it won't come around.

I'm trying to convince my wife and in-laws to let me get an Irish wolfhound... We have a large pack of coyotes here that have been responsible for the "disappearance" of many neighborhood animals.

We also have a bobcat that wanders by from time to time. My beagle/bassett mix and mini-poodle do a good job of keeping it away from the house.

[James MacMillan]

So... are we talking a shallow grave in the desert? Toss it in the river with a few cinder blocks tied to it? Or is this more of a hydrochloric acid in the bathtub kind of situation?

In my experience, find a chrome plating shop that is closed on week-ends...

[ccga3359]

...just despose of it the same way that you would any dead body.

So it's true about you 'Mericans...

If you get enough of a coyote problem you make a kilt, fur side in I should think!

...self shot deer... ...self trapped and skinned skunk skin... ...self shot and tanned dingo...

Very talented, generous animals (yet perhaps dumb) that you have down there and that talent extends even after they've shuffled off this mortal coil.