Been doing a little predator calling

so besides the pelts, what else do yall use from the coyote? i wanna go predator hunting, and not a fan of wasting animals if i can help it
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Oh Boy here we go. We should probably start a new thread with this one.

I don't know of anybody (myself included) who eats coyote meat, because "everyone knows" that it is horrible. I also don't know anyone (myself included) who has ever tried it.

I'm starting to take a little heat from family members who don't agree with killing something that you don't eat. I've used my best excuses, but the fact is that I would feel better if I knew for a fact that coyote was absolutely inedible; and I doubt that is the case. We all know that in many places dogs are readily eaten or even highly sought after for food.:( I've eaten a lot of jackrabbit, muskrats, many road killed deer, cougar, bear, chipmunk, squirrels, snakes, frogs --- I've often said that a couple cans of mushroom soup and three hours in the oven would make a skunk taste pretty good; but I haven't tried that either.

There is actually quite a bit of meat on the hind quarters of a coyote, although it looks and handles like it might be pretty tough. It's lookin more and more like I'm gonna have to try a little of the "song dog". I'm a pretty inventive cook, and not very squeamish. I would actually be surprised if coyote is as bad as everyone thinks, but ----

Any suggestions or experience would be appreciated. Daryl??? Anyone.??

jd
 
I'm starting to take a little heat from family members who don't agree with killing something that you don't eat.
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I'm a pretty inventive cook, and not very squeamish. I would actually be surprised if coyote is as bad as everyone thinks, but ----
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Why do you have to try it? Feed the 'yodel poodle to those family members giving you gruff:D don't lie to them... just tell 'em it's "bar-b-que beast" and say it quick while eating salad...
I have had a "pulled pooch" samich made from a collie at about 5 or 6 and I didn't mind it, the only thing that wigged me out was when my father didn't believe the guy until I went to pee and seen the hide and guts in the bathtub...:eek::barf:
Brent
 
A few years back I had some Korean neighbors (I also lived in Korea for almost 12 years) that were visiting my wife when I came home with a coyote I shot. After I skinned it out, they asked for the carcass.
They did eat it, but said it was not as good as the dogs raised for eating in Korea.
One of the reasons we think it might have tasted different (Yes, I have eaten kaygogi and kaytong) is because the dogs that are raised for meat are primarily fed vegetables, not meat. I guess it like grass fed beef verses corn fed beef, if you know what the difference is, you can taste it.

Some of the uses you could get from the rest of the carcass is to use the meat to bait other predators, the bones could be sold on EBay, or another auction site (Just be sure to check with your conservation department to ensure it is legal).

But I like Hogdogs answer the best: Bar-b-qued Beast! :eek:
 
i think the skulls would make for some neat gifts or decorations aroudn the house. i think if and when i take some of the bastards out (got chased bya couple down at the lake when i was 12 or 13) ill try the meat in a stew or soemthing. maybe ill ask my uncle in tX thats a coonass, im sure he knows 1001 ways to cook em up to taste good
 
JD,

if it'll save you some grief...

I actually know a guy that tried to eat a coyote.

He went up around the apple orchards in Wilcox, and shot himself a nice fat one to try for his experiment. He figured if an apple fed coyote wasn't edible, none of them would be.

Not that he's the greatest cook, but the guy will eat anything. Raw liver taken out of a deer is "lunch". I've seen him pick "mule jerky" off the hood of his truck (where it was "drying"), wave the flies off and eat that without any trouble, and it didn't look very good.

He says you can cut a hunk of coyote off, put it in your mouth, and chew it up some, but if you can swallow it then you're better'n he is at eating. He's a big ol' boy, and I don't want to be behind him in the chow line.

Or, if it's any more convincing, my dogs won't eat it, and the one pictured above was skinned and left on "the back 40" between to pecan orchards for the ravens and buzzards that hang out in the orchards, and they haven't eaten it yet.

Although they did eat the skunks that were dumped right alongside of the coyote, but I'll likely have to take a backhoe out there and bury the coyote.

I need no further convincing, and will take their word for it!

Daryl
 
Darly, How far are you shooting at coyotes, your max range you would try a shot at?
Are you making and head shots?
 
Darly, How far are you shooting at coyotes, your max range you would try a shot at?
Are you making and head shots?
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To be honest, I shoot most of them at less than 100 yards; most of those are inside of 50 yards, in fact.

But how far I'll shoot will depend heavily on what I'm shooting.

I have a little short barreled .22 mag that I like to use for foxes or bobcats in close cover. If I happen to call in a coyote while I'm calling with that, I won't shoot much past 50 yards, and less is better. I really don't recommend the .22 mag for coyotes, but it'll work if the hunter has the discipline to not take questionable shots. Most don't.

With a .17 Remington, I won't shoot past about 250-300 yards, and I prefer way closer if possible. You have to place the bullet just so at that range, but the cartridge is up to it if the shooter is.

I don't call with a .243 any more, but it'll pretty much drop a coyote with any solid body shot at ranges farther than most should be shooting. I've killed them at 600+ yards at times with a .243, but it's hard on fur.

I don't usually aim for the head intentionally, but I've hit them there many a time; mostly on running shots, and it wasn't where I intended to hit them, but my lead was off.

I usually aim for the chest if I can see it, but I take the shot I get as long as I figure I can kill the animal cleanly. If not, I wait for a better shot.

The coyote pictured was shot through the chest. You can see where the fur is slightly out of place on the entrance.

The bobcat was shot high in the shoulder from my position higher up, so it angled down.

The fox was shot between the eyes with a .22 pistol. Foxes are about the easiest critter around here to call and kill, as long as you're in a good fox area. Areas that hold foxes here are usually harder to find than the foxes once you find an area that holds them.

Take care,
Daryl
 
I usually agree with Daryl, and do again, but what he didn't mention is how a good dose of #4 buckshot from your trusty 12 gauge is hard to beat if you have heavy cover to hunt in. You need to keep your shots well within 50 yards, (30 or 40 is better) but that's a long way in heavy cover. As a matter of fact, it's often good to sit in a place where you CAN'T see more than 30 yards or so. Then the coyotes you see will be well within range, and a shotgun is the quickest and brushbustinist tool to use.

I got a chance to practice restraint the other day when a large coyote came in on my side and stopped at 60 yards (paced). My grandson had the rifle, and I had the scatter gun, and I didn't want any ugly episode so---the coyote walked.

A shotgun also doesn't damage the hide nearly so bad as a rifle exit wound unless the range is too close; which can happen. Calling coyotes too close is pretty cool though:) jd
 
I usually agree with Daryl, and do again, but what he didn't mention is how a good dose of #4 buckshot from your trusty 12 gauge is hard to beat if you have heavy cover to hunt in.
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That's 'cause he asked how far I'd shoot at a coyote, and I don't hunt them with a 12 gauge. In fact, I don't even own a 12 gauge these days.

The 12 gauge is effective, no doubt, but it's not my firearm of choice for calling. The places I can see 30 yards or less are few and far between in this country, and I like the "art" of the rifle better than the "blast 'em" affect of the shotgun.

That's just me, though.

;)

Daryl
 
You're welcome Hunter33.

As a point of interest and/or curiosity; my dad used "33" after his handle (e-mail and such) often enough. Those were his numbers at the fire dept he was a volunteer at.

Is there any significance to those numbers in your handle?

RIP Linden 33.
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Note to self. Do not read any posts on "The Hunt" before dinner.

Thanks fellas
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Sorry about your dinner, but I reckon some's more squeamish than I am.

A fella takes his chances...

Daryl
 
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