Curious how your percentage was for good pelts this year compared to previous years.
In my area last year it seemed we had pulled away from the major mange out from several years ago.
Back up again this year to 67% throw away.
I’m referring to coyotes myself but I would be interested to know how some of you fox trappers are faring.
Best to you all.

I would say 1/3 throw away. Probably should have pitched a few more questionable ones. A few years back we had a year with 1 good one to 11 bad, so this isn't so bad.

Couple years ago it was 50% percent here this year none. But did have some lice problem on some.

I only had 1 out of 18 with mange, skinned 14 cause i threw out noticably rubbed ones, shoulda been more selective but now i know what to look for now

25% last season. Less than 20% this season.

I've been trapping even after the shoulders are rubbed, but about 8 of the 29 had mange or lice. I only got 15 pelts out of the 29.
So 25% had skin issues

Guess Im the lucky one here . I was complaining about losing 2 to eagles and 2 to mange out of 114 coyotes and 6 fox .. Im very happy with what I got

Last year I caught 7 coyotes on our small farm and the neighbors, 4 were more or less bald from mange. This year 4 so far 3 in great shape one had a rub spot on a hip.
J

How can you tell if it is lice or mange or just rubbed????

Rubbed hair the guard hairs is missing and the under fur looks like it's shedding or very short.

Mange looks like wounds on the body which causes patches of hair to be missing.

Lice usually is on the back right behind the neck and looks like the hair is falling out. Or in my case it has been.

I've seen someone on here cut the lice spot out and sew it back up and sell it as is.
Looked pretty good.

I threw out 8 of 22 coyotes for what I'm pretty sure is mange. All from the same square km too.

This is lice:





This is mange:

Yup we got it bad. Dont know how many ive thrown away this year. Theres a guy around here that ive been trading mangy yotes for traps.

No mange this year on either yotes or fox. 35% had white lice.. The typical rub over the shoulders. Shame

Possumcatcher if I understand you correctly, it sounds like you have made sweet lemonade from some bitter lemons.

Out of 10 reds 2 had mange . Out of 10 coyote 2 had mange 1 had lice. About normal here for the past 4 years.

I had to throw away 40% of my yotes for one reason or another

Yes I sure have. There is an old buyer around here that we take the mangy ones to. I keep my good yotes and finish them. But the bad ones go right to him and me and a friend get traps for them.

Good for you possum catcher.
For those of you with low mange catch:
Do you have a coyote population that is heavily trapped? Hunted? Hounded?
One member mentioned I may have possibly been subject to higher coyote density thus higher occurrence of mange.
Great point since I feel pressure in my area is minimal.
My solution might be to trap heavier. But who would want to do that?
JH

I don’t catch many with mange but do catch a few with a pink belly ( lice ) . I just talked to a buddy of mine that raises cattle and said something to him about injecting a mange or lice infected coyote with ivermectin and turning it loose. He told me that they have a new product out that you just poor on. Said it lasts a long time and is good for a number of issues ( bugs ) sounds like a half pint would do a hundred coyotes.

Is anyone using this treatment ?