Tonight I shot my first yote! Sorry I cant get any pics cuz my camera is broken for now. But I would like to keep something from the yote. Im a junior in high school so i dont have the money to mount it or anything like that. Im thinking about keep a pelt, or the tail, or the skull. Maybe all of them If i could. Just a few questions. [X(]

Is it hard to skin a yote? How much does it cost to get it tanned and all that stuff?

Also, is there a way to get the skull clean? What about the tail?

Any info is appreciated! Thanks

ps. im sure i will get to know a lot more about hunting from this website!

Skinning them isnt really that hard but it does take some practice if you want it to come out looking good, but you haveto start somewhere if its something you want to learn how to do. Or you may have a friend or family member who might know how. Tanning the hide can be done by you with a hide tanning kit that you can get at most sporting good superstores like cabelas. The other option is to find a taxidermist who could do it for you BUT it can be expensive. Price varies state to state. The skull is the same as the tanning. You can buy a skull bleaching kit from a outdoor superstore and try doing it yourself or have a taxidermist do it. Again price comes into the picture and it varies. Look around at your local taxidermists and check out their work to make sure its proffesional and ask about there pricing. If its to costly get the kit and follow the instructions to do it yourself. You can find better instructions on how to do it yourself online. The tail can be cut off and you can salt the fleshy area to dry it out. Good luck and congrats on your first coyote.

Killer, Thats Awesome.... Alot of the winter wheat fields are getting pulled out right now, and them dogs are going to be out in force picking up all of the lost rodents out there...

Congradulations on the Yote...

One cool thing that I have come up with as a trophy of each kill is this...

Take and cut one of the claws off and drill a hole in it, and after some cleaning you can where the claw as a necklace...

Now before you go grossing out...
Just take the claw, run you fingers up into the paw and find the first knuckle after the long claw, or toe nail.... Simply slice the tendon, and remove any flesh or skin around the bone, and claw... you can bleach this but be sure not to get bleach on the nail... as it will discolor the nail... brush the bleach on with a small brush or a Q-tip... It looks cool and its free.... after about your 100th coyote... now thats the kind of bling I like...

Call soft, and wait... them dogs like to sneak in....

nice work man.

good job. thanks.

awsome. thanks everyone with the responses

nice work.

The fur is worthless this time of year, you can't skin an unprime coyote and expect the fur (or lack thereof) to hold up.The flesh will turn blue/green and the fur will slip out in short order. Prime winter coyotes will take fur handling very well... so if you want a pelt to tan or even a tail to display make sure to kill you another one this fall.


The skull is the only realistic thing to keep right now- so take these guys advice and clean it up. Get that camera fixed too!

Jrbhunter is right in saying that you cant get a coyote tanned when shot this time of the year. i shot one in october that i am getting tanned and i dont know if it will even hold up to it. i know my november yote will handle the tanning process.

My friend shot a fox last year, and we skinned it. Although, we didnt tan it, we just skinned all of the meat off of the underside and let it sit. it turned out nice.