Again, BS. Not all coyotes have a diamond marking on their shoulders- if it took a diamond to be prime... I wouldn't sell 10 coyotes a year. That's like saying a person must be left handed to speak english? "Prime" is a term given to fur that has developed an underfur, and the skinis readyretain the fur through the tanning process. A "Blue" pelt will not hold the fur, and therefor is "Unprime". This has nothing to do with any coloration or markings on the animals pelt.

Some folks believe an animals coat primes as the weather turns colder, but this is not true. Animal fur begins the priming process as a reaction to fading light levels they encounter each day. With shorter days, comes increasingly primed fur. The dark and dreary days of winter create prime fur: weather the temperatures bottom out in single digits or hover around 60. The length of guard hairs and thickness of underfur is obviously different between Arizona coyotes and Montanna coyotes, but most areas in the continental US will allow fur to prime. A Montanna coyote with a diamond on his back in July is just as worthless as one without a diamond on his back- markings has nothing to do with priming.

The coat you speak of is not a common "Fur Industry" item. 95% of coyote fur sold to the fur market will not end up in a garment like that- so the value of those coats or the fur used in them is insignifigant to the big picture of skinning a coyote.




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