This may be a dumb question...
 

But it ain't never stopped me before, so here goes.

Long time lurker, first time poster. There are coyotes all over our family's hunting property (180 acres in mid MO) and I've been educating myself on hunting them--reading everything on this board, practicing with the calls, got the Primos videos, etc. I'm going out for the first time this weekend.

Here's my question: If I get a spell of beginner's luck and actually get one, can I take the carcass to a taxidermist and have him skin it out and tan the hide? I don't want a rug or mount, just the hide tanned. And I've watched videos on skinning one out, but I'd sure rather see someone do it in person before trying it on my own.

Also, ballpark figure, about how much would that cost?

Thanks to all of you for all of the info I've gotten from here.

RE: This may be a dumb question...
 

A lot of taxidermist around here won't skin a coyote- because they can make easier money on deer and not waste their time with stinky old K-9's. If you find a taxidermist willing to do it, it won't take him long but he'll probably charge you $10-20 for his effort.


As for tanning, unless you flesh it- it'll costs you $40-60 in most cases. You can send a fleshed pelt toMoyle and get it back for $23 but they charge a 100% fleshing fee... which means $46 total if you just sent it green.

RE: This may be a dumb question...
 

No its not a dumb question but if it were me I would skin it and tan it my self.

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Hell yes you can get it tanned , If you are in central Mo. I can help you with names of tax. around here. Send me a e-mail and I will get you some names.

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Ive heard of tanning hides by skinning it then putting a good amount of salt on it so it dries easier and lay it out in the sun till it dries. Is this true.

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That's not tanning. That's drying and no sun is required.

Salt draws moisture out of the pelt...proper procedure would be to skin, flesh, stretch and dry. Then you're ready to think about tanning.

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how do you "flesh" a yote

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Yes you can take it to a taxidermist. But I'll tell you a fun, easy, and better way to do it.;)
[ol][ol][*]Take out its brain and mash it into a paste[*]Smoke the hide[*]Carfully cook the paste[*]Spread the paste on thecoyote and continue to smoke it or just leave it in a place where cats orother animals won't reach it.[/ol][/ol]
Thats the wayI did it when I tanned mine.As for skinning, just skin it like you would a deer, rabbit, squirrel, etc. Though be careful, I don't know if they have it; but I think coyotes have that brain disease that deer havethat can make you very sick. But I'm not sure.

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What the hell is smashing its brain and rubbing it all over the coyote good for? I am so confused right now lol.

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[8D]whose brain got smoked first

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i would skin it and flesh it myself it is not really that hard to do. look at your state trappers asociation web site for howto info. and then bring it to a fur buyer to have it tanned

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Good question patches!!!:D