Re: Washing coyotes
[Re: 3togo]
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12/30/21 08:22 PM
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I have a plain old in your house washing machine in the shop. Flesh, sew, throw in the washer with Sullivans livestock shampoo, little borax, regular cycle. Downey in the fabric softener unit. Take out, put in the fan box for 5 minutes or so and on to the board.
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Re: Washing coyotes
[Re: 3togo]
#7446362
12/31/21 08:16 AM
12/31/21 08:16 AM
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I dunk my coyotes after skinning, in a five gallon bucket of clear water...if really bad I add a little dawn dish soap and rinse. I can't seem to skin coyotes without getting a lot of blood on them so the rinsing works best for me after skinning to get them all cleaned up. Squeeze out as much water as possible nose to tail then give them a good snap or two out in the yard, like snapping a towel, holding by head while snapping them, to get a little more water out and puff them up a bit. Hang by nose with a fan on them. Flesh after a day of drying with a fan and give another snap or two to fluff em up more, and board em up. Jim
Last edited by jabNE; 12/31/21 08:19 AM.
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Re: Washing coyotes
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12/31/21 09:59 AM
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I dunk my coyotes after skinning, in a five gallon bucket of clear water...if really bad I add a little dawn dish soap and rinse. I can't seem to skin coyotes without getting a lot of blood on them so the rinsing works best for me after skinning to get them all cleaned up. Squeeze out as much water as possible nose to tail then give them a good snap or two out in the yard, like snapping a towel, holding by head while snapping them, to get a little more water out and puff them up a bit. Hang by nose with a fan on them. Flesh after a day of drying with a fan and give another snap or two to fluff em up more, and board em up. Jim This seems to be the advantage of a washing machine. Don't spend all the time trying to keep blood off the pelt when skinning or handling. Just let them get bloody and dump them in a washer to clean the blood out. Drying would be the negative, but if you have the space and ability to let them hang dry with out a lot of fuss it seems washing in a washer would be less work than constant blood control and/ or spot clean up.
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Re: Washing coyotes
[Re: 3togo]
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12/31/21 03:27 PM
12/31/21 03:27 PM
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I use to wash my coyotes but no more unless extremely filthy. I find it to be a waste of time and effort as any dust/dirt in the fur from the animal’s day to day activities that can’t be easily blown out with a shop vac after they are boarded fur out, the auction house will remove it in their drumming process. As far as blood stains go, they are easily taken care of with minimal hand washing of heavy clots and then with borax after the pelt has been boarded and dried. I have never seen where washing gave me a better price and I most always do better than the sale average. Re the borax treatment, once the skin as dried and the fur turned out I work considerable dry borax powder into the stained areas, let set for 10-15 minutes and then comb, brush, and shake the borax out. Using this borax treatment method works extremely well as can be seen in the following before and after pictures. As well as removing blood stains the borax also cleans and brightens the fur. The pelt drumming process will further clean the fur and bring out some luster to it.
The only constant in trapping is change so keep learning.
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Re: Washing coyotes
[Re: 3togo]
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12/31/21 08:41 PM
12/31/21 08:41 PM
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I wash them all with a dash of mane and tail horse shampoo. Spin them or snap them a time or 3. Hang them over night and throw them in the freezer the next morning.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Washing coyotes
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12/31/21 08:48 PM
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Well what reason not to wash them then??? Or the reason to wash them ??? I think is a place to start. Not how to wash them
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Re: Washing coyotes
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12/31/21 09:18 PM
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I think the Mane and tail shines them up. It’s not going to turn a crap coyote into a top lot but in my opinion it’s pays me back. I’ve sold a ton over the years that I didn’t wash but it’s part of my system now. To each his own.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: Washing coyotes
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12/31/21 09:46 PM
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Nice work on some of those skins , guys. In the old days, dawn detergent and warm 'soapy' water. Quick, easy, worked. ( still , I can't wash an Ohio coyote and make it pretty as a Montana pale, no matter how hard I try ) lol
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Re: Washing coyotes
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12/31/21 09:57 PM
12/31/21 09:57 PM
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yoteguts
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My buyer uses a washing machine on most yotes. I wash muddy yotes with a hose then air dry or leaf blower before skinning. Wash in cattle tub with mild detergent before fleshing.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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