coyote surprise

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an hour ago lots of barking- I look out- 3 Britt's are standing up against the fence- 30 or so yards away is a coyote

could get the big gun- but instead took the 22 rifle

I walk out the door- coyote trotts across the yard and stands- Britt's are watching- 1st shot hits in the chest as it turns and bites at the hit- then takes off- I fire 7 shots-

head out into the field- 250 some yards it's layig there- as I lifted him- I'd say 35 lbs- skinny- not much hair- maybe 2 years old

woudn't have shot- except these coyotes are getting real brave- maybe the drought- but if the buggers come close as right in the yard- I'm going to shoot at them

couple farmers/ranchers arround here are a little concerned with the coyotes- there are young calves
 
Do know what your saying ! We have them all over the ranch ( at night ) as long as they stay away from the chickens ,quail ,pheasants, and the kennel we don't have a problem, they come closer AR will be talking to them...

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down here in SEK,if we get to chance to shoot a yoti,its a done deal.They are thick,and the farmers hate them as bad as deer.
 
My goal for the winter is to kill a couple really primed up coyotes, tube skin and tan, for a wall hanging.
 
cheesy said:
My goal for the winter is to kill a couple really primed up coyotes, tube skin and tan, for a wall hanging.
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if you'd like- you could come here and set up and call- nobody seems to do it- should work out pretty well- February would be my guess
 
By February, they're already breaking. They prime up in October, best to get them with the best fur if you're going to spend the $ to have them tanned.
 
Prairie Drifter said:
By February, they're already breaking. They prime up in October, best to get them with the best fur if you're going to spend the $ to have them tanned.
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are you sure- in N Minn most anyone who knew pelts wouldn't pay anything till November- I grew up trapping in N Minn.- Alaska- Januray you would see the best fox, mink, Lynx, beaver pelts- by far better than anything in the southern 49 states

I have a Fox pelt- it was caught in ALASKA in a TRAP after Christmas- like to see an October critter with a better pelt
 
I wouldn't say it if I wasn't sure! Been puttin' up Kansas fur since '72. Coyotes are the odd duck on priming up. Cats, now that's February.
 
ok- my dad was running a trap line in 1956 when I was old enough to know- it was our Christmas money- a mink brought $35.00- Jan it brought $45.00

muskrat brought $1.50 in November- January it bought $2.50

every buyer dad and I ever met would say- it's early the pelts aren't prime-
late December- the buyer was scrambling for pelts and offering more money-

you want to know what dad had to say about that and how to beat them guys

We caught a Lynz in Alaska in January- a buyer flew in- $580.00 for that pelt
offered $230.00 for this Fox pelt I have

the same pelt an animal is wearing in October is the same as January or February- we should all talk with the buyers of prime pelts for market
 
Prairie Drifter said:
By February, they're already breaking. They prime up in October, best to get them with the best fur if you're going to spend the $ to have them tanned.
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Troy, you know the area west of here, where you used to trap. A mile south of there is just overrun with Coyotes. Last fall while Ace and I were hunting there, I must have heard 8-10 of them in a pack. That was late in the season maybe mid January. Thought that was really strange for that many of them to be together that time of year.

They kept getting closer even when I shot. Would guess that they were within 75 yards. I decided that it was best to get me and Ace the heck out of there.
 
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I swap them 3 for 1 to a guy who wants only large, prime hides & tans them himself. Good deal for me since I thin my share of coyotes (which gives me great bird hunting access, too!). 18-20 pelts make a dandy comforter . . . gave one to my Sis & she called to say it was "too hot." I replied, "Well, that explains why you never see shivering coyotes."
 
Prairie Drifter said:
I wouldn't say it if I wasn't sure! Been puttin' up Kansas fur since '72. Coyotes are the odd duck on priming up. Cats, now that's February.
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makes scense- I sure don't doubt you- in the early 80' we couldn't get anyone to pay money for a coyote- most we called in didn't have very good fur- we felt good because the farmers thanked up

I stalked a coyote and got it at 8 paces with a bow- taxiderminst said the pelt was not good- dissapointment-
 
koja48 said:
I swap them 3 for 1 to a guy who wants only large, prime hides & tans them himself. Good deal for me since I thin my share of coyotes (which gives me great bird hunting access, too!). 18-20 pelts make a dandy comforter . . . gave one to my Sis & she called to say it was "too hot." I replied, "Well, that explains why you never see shivering coyotes."
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Surprised me that the Inuet Eskimos prized coyotes/brush woves or whatever- they said it was the best fur to put arround the head area of caribou over coats- something to the effect it never frosted up

they told me of a battery acid method they adapted from the whiteman to cure the hides
 
Riverghost, in Kansas, coyotes aren't classed as furbearers, the season is open all year. Steve, they're pretty familial, not strange to see them in groups of various sizes. Good reason to put more than one set in at a good location. Might have 3-4 in 1 night instead of just 1. Also keeps that 1 being caught and educating the others.
 
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Prairie Drifter said:
Riverghost, in Kansas, coyotes aren't classed as furbearers, the season is open all year. Steve, they're pretty familial, not strange to see them in groups of various sizes. Good reason to put more than one set in at a good location. Might have 3-4 in 1 night instead of just 1. Also keeps that 1 being caught and educating the others.
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Riverghost, a "Warden" told you in the above quote that the season is open year round. If the season is open, possession is legal. You do have to have a trapping license to trap and sell them or a hunting license to hunt and sell them. It's all in the hunting regs. Page 30-31 in the 2010 regs. :)
 
Prairie Drifter said:
You do have to have a trapping license to trap and sell them or a hunting license to hunt and sell them. It's all in the hunting regs. Page 30-31 in the 2010 regs. :)
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Correct me if Im wrong, I was also thinking that coyotes (along with rabbits and prairie dogs) are the only 3 animals you dont need a hunting license for due to their classification as varmints?


I probably need to go back and re-read the regs. Not a big deal since I have my lifetime license but I was thinking the way you can pursue, hunt, etc coyotes is the most liberal.
 
Shane, spend some time with the regs! Might save you an embarrasing/costly interaction with the CO. Prairie Dogs are the only 1 of the 3 species you mentioned that RESIDENTS don't need a license to hunt. Coyotes and rabbits require a license to hunt.
 
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