Hey yall I got my tote cleaned up and his belly is really white does it count as pale?

Did you skin it yet?

No, it sure is not, even without missing hair

Hate to say it but looks like he is lacking some fur and hair .

I agree. Sometimes people get offended by such statements but honestly,you can't help sometimes what you catch or where you live. You have what you have.

Looks like a rub spot by the shoulders.
Might be a good one to practice home tanning.

Color looks good but hairy and short

I threw away 3 of mine, 6 more at least were very poor, 5-8$ put up, genetics and or rubbed

It's a great coyote! (it's dead)

As far as a pelt.
Its a flat dark eastern.
Tanner yes seller no.

Great job on this catch and all the rest.

Not one I would skin unless it had sentimental meaning and I was going to tan it to keep.

Pale on coyotes refers to the back not the belly. Sorry.

If you need/want practice skinning, that would be a good one to start with. Since it is your first coyote, you will need to get accustomed to the smell......

The color Is Ok but there Is a huge lack of any guard hair. Skin It put It up then toss It away. It's a good practice critter.

Smell no big deal If you've spent any time In the fur shed.

Smell will about make me puke if they fill belly with meat, die in snare early in night, go to skin it, brown water drips out it bought make you puke!

When they start getting green bellies it starts pushing me towards my limit

Does someone have a photo of a nice western pale to show Zak?

We've broke his heart giving him the bad news... Least we can do is pass on some knowledge.

Mike

Definitely will burn your nose hairs when u start pulling the tail.

Yote farts

That coyote "might" fetch 8$ at auction.
Monster Tom, those give me wood

Well I understand I'm tanning him either way and yes I skinned him earlier I didint notice any worse smell than a grinner, I understand now its about the back, I have worked to get that tote my entire trapping carer wen I was young and starting back now. Yall didint hurt my feelings I asked,honesty is all ways the best policy.

Would have been a better picture if he was around a foot closer to the cut branch...

Congrats on the coyote!

Thank you sir.

Mike

Those are very good pale westerns

I bet that coyote wouldn’t sell for $0.50

Looks like you're about ready to take a load or two to the dump.

I just caught one all rubbed down between the shoulder blades. It's the first one I've ever caught like that. I'm going to see what offer I get for it and then probably send it out to be tanned. It still has nice fur on the flanks and I can use that to sew some mittens or something.

Congratulations on the catch! Go get some more!

Zach, I know that country your in , and it’s not going to produce the type of coyote shown in the pic. All you can do is be glad you stopped a fawn killer cause what I remember about your area is your a little thin on deer numbers .

They are all good once dead. Some just look better than others.

Like I said I'm gonna tan and keep it at least our cats look decent. Golf ball we were short on deer until about 6 years ago now there every were along with the yotes nobody is hunting in my area hardly any more. I saw a 8 point yesterday checking traps 10 years ago that would be totally impossible , dang Jurassic .50 cents lol good thing I ain't relieing on yotes to make a living.

I would sell it, you mite 5 bucks for it at auction. The belly`s probably the only useful fur on it.

Yup, tan and keep it, it's your first. My first yote was a 45 pounder (huge for my area) with good/thick hair, but an ugly, dark, red/brown color. I had him mounted with the trap I caught him in (a Northwoods 1.75 coil) on his foot. Here he is-
By the way, those cats make me very jealous! We don't have very many around here, and can't hunt or trap them anyway. I've been watching your posts, you've had a great season! This weather and overtime at work has almost shut me down completely