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coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! #1577517
11/05/09 12:38 AM
11/05/09 12:38 AM
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rio,wis
coonergreen Offline OP
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rio,wis
man these things take me forever my wife gave me a ton of crap tonite cause everything else i skin doesn't take me no time and a yote takes forever please help


2009 trap season
100 coons
20 grinner
210 rats
1 yote
3 bunnies
3 weasel(in a water set wierd)
0 fox
2 bevier
1 badger
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: coonergreen] #1577568
11/05/09 01:09 AM
11/05/09 01:09 AM
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Oregon
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There ain't none. Just practice practice practice. I was skinning coyotes before I ever set a trap and it does get easier, but I don't know of any tricks, other than a skinning machine or the golf ball and rope technique.


It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, but only 3 for a proper trigger squeeze.
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1577576
11/05/09 01:13 AM
11/05/09 01:13 AM
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VA
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VA
I heard them skinnin mo-chenes are the ticket on them nasty things

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: BlueRidgeTrapper] #1577583
11/05/09 01:18 AM
11/05/09 01:18 AM
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rio,wis
coonergreen Offline OP
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rio,wis
i use a baseball on deer that that works on a yote's to ?


2009 trap season
100 coons
20 grinner
210 rats
1 yote
3 bunnies
3 weasel(in a water set wierd)
0 fox
2 bevier
1 badger
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: coonergreen] #1577584
11/05/09 01:20 AM
11/05/09 01:20 AM
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Oregon
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Yeah, but it doesn't make it a heck of a lot easier.


It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, but only 3 for a proper trigger squeeze.
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1577591
11/05/09 01:24 AM
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NW Oregon
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They do peeel easier when they are warm. After they cool off, it does take longer.

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1577594
11/05/09 01:25 AM
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rio,wis
coonergreen Offline OP
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rio,wis
ill bolt a winch to the floor and grab a golf ball and make cheap skinning machine


2009 trap season
100 coons
20 grinner
210 rats
1 yote
3 bunnies
3 weasel(in a water set wierd)
0 fox
2 bevier
1 badger
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: remrogers] #1577595
11/05/09 01:26 AM
11/05/09 01:26 AM
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i cut the front legs off with a branch loppers before i start

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: colt] #1577648
11/05/09 02:40 AM
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i make skinnin machines and it takes about 5 minutes to skin one. its very handy


beavers dont swim through squares for fun... muskrats on the other hand
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Wayne F.] #1577656
11/05/09 02:54 AM
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Even with a machine you need a fairly tall roof line to get it skined. One trick is similar to deer. Make your hand into a fist and ROLL it toward the carcus while holding the hide with the other hand. Take small amounts to start and increase as you get to the center. Once to the head it is pull and cut. Tom

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: tmrschessie] #1577659
11/05/09 02:59 AM
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Tip #1 Plug your nose....dogs stink

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: mp5] #1577665
11/05/09 03:16 AM
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I cut front feet with branch loopers also, also use a gunny sack for a better grip as I put the started fur under my leg while holding the tail and loose fur and doin a squat. When you get to the front leg holes put your fingers in each leg hole and lean backwards with a solid arm jerking motion you can pull it down to the ears. I worked for a fur buyer for a number of years and could skin coyotes by hand in 5 minutes. Don't get me wrong they will wear you down quick, I sure don't miss those days of soild coyote skinning.


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Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: ] #1578584
11/05/09 06:01 PM
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Illinois
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Get matt jones's after the catch "pro fur handling" dvd.He shows a few tricks on there.

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Suburban Trapper] #1578597
11/05/09 06:06 PM
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Wisconsin
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Use a sharp knife and when in doubt always cut high.


Just ask your mommy...
Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: ] #1578687
11/05/09 06:56 PM
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Hillsboro, MO. 36 yr. old
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Skin'em like Andy and 1080 LOL!!!! Seriously sharp knife, strong back and a weak mind LOL!!!!!!

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: TroyMcDaniel] #1578770
11/05/09 07:37 PM
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Get someone else to do it!

Yep and start out at $2.00 a critter and end at 3.

Re: coyote skinning tricks and tips please!!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: jacktrap] #1579405
11/05/09 11:38 PM
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Idaho
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Once you free up the back legs and tail DON'T pull the hide down. Make a fist and start pushing (punching) between the hide and body. Do this all the way down past the front legs.Once past the front legs pull the hide down.A wood peg, rebar stake etc should fit between the front leg and body. PUSH down hard, this should take you past the elbow joints. Ring the front legs and cut the tendons to make fron legs go "limp" they will pull out easy. Throw a towel on neck portion of hide, grab belly of hide with right hand and kneel on towel (towel gives your knee a better grip especially with a skinning apron on). This should push the hide to the ears (sometimes need a touch of knife work to get it started over the neck). The head is fairly easy. Keep a towel handy to wipe up any blood. Think pushing instead of pulling as much as possible. This will save you alot of fatigue.

Unless its an old dog I prefer a cold coyote, less blood and no fur clean up. Skinning a coyote is only part of the over all fur put up. start washing a bunch and you add tons of time.


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