Next year I am going to try for one...probably wont catch one but I would like to know how to flesh just in case...I now know how to do a coon, anyone have a vid on fleshing coyotes?

Same as a coon except you don't need to use a sharp knife to shave grisle off.

Is it like soft?

Go to you tube and check out Ryan5911, he has excellent videos covering all aspects of skinning and fleshing.

Ya it soft. I have only fleshed one coon, but the coon I fleshed once you got past the grisle on the neck the fat on a coon comes off easier than the fat on a coyote.

Yea you are right....once you get past the neck you're in the clear....and carswell I will check him out!

I found the leather to be thin. If the fur wasn't clean of burs dirt and other debris you'll pop holes in theleather. The coons seem like you can get a lot more aggressive with the fleshing knife. Just my .02 cents as I am no seasoned professional

You can catch a coyote. They ain't magical animals. Just make sets where they will find em easy. When you flesh one start at the bottom. (base of the tail) Stuff builds up there if you start at the head. Go from the bottom to the head. Have to go a bit hard on the back and real easy on the belly. Belly is thin and tears easy.

Like mentioned coyote leather is way thinner than coon leather. The stuff by the base of a tail on a coyote is tough, but resist the urge to use the sharp side of your knife. If you follow the bottom edge of the pelt from the base of the tail over there is some stuff that looks like it might come off, but it won't. This stuff dries just fine. It is about 3 or 4" to the side of the tail.

I have never heard of fleshing a coyote from tail to head, I doubt it would be any kind of easy.
As for build up, cut away the bigger stuff as you go!

pscarswell you ought to try it once

You can catch a coyote. They ain't magical animals. Just make sets where they will find em easy. When you flesh one start at the bottom. (base of the tail) Stuff builds up there if you start at the head. Go from the bottom to the head. Have to go a bit hard on the back and real easy on the belly. Belly is thin and tears easy.

Same way I flesh coyotes. By starting at the base of the pelt you elimanate all that membrane build up that occours when you start from the top. More then one way to get the job done.

Finally! Something I can use my dull knife on and not get mad

I`ll have to try it, do you go sideways from the tail across the pelt to start?
Generally you are supposed to follow the flow of the fur to avoid holes and to do less damage to the fur, especially coyote, which has in my opinion, a brittle hair.
Sounds way harder than the traditional method.

Im not sure what you mean. I start at the bottom doing only 4-6 inchs at a time. Pushing knife in a staight line from head to tail only just the bottom few inchs.i increase the amount im pushing as i go toward the head. I do the back first. Then the front legs. The throat chest is next. Then pull the hide up the beam and do the back legs. Belly is last starting at the bottom

Sounds a lot more complicated than it is.

Oh, my bad!
I see, you just take off the last part first!
I thought you were doing it completely backwards lol

It works try It.

Well not with that attitude!

I am no computer wiz so I will try to get a pict of the fleshing beam I built this year on here. I have never been big fan of the wooden beams where you swing them out of the wall and end up pushing all night long to flesh. I built a beam that sits on the floor at about a 45 degree angle that you can straddle and pull towards you like rowing. It is a lot less tiring and a lot easier on the back! I built the base out of old wood and the beam is 6 inch PVC. I turned a piece of ash out of the woodpile to make the tip. It works really well. A really nice thing about it is you can throw a bloody coyote on it and all you need is a wet paper towel for cleen up and it is is good as new. The only problem I have run into is with really big coons. they are so wide at the base that if you are not careful they will slid a little from side to side.
All in all really easy to build and very cost effective.

I got a tip this year . Take a t spoon at the neck and slide it under the membrane then using the knife as a guide cut a line down the membrane. Do this till you have 4 sections, then flesh each section. You won't have any tissue balling up on you. This really makes fleshing a yote simple.