well,,, im in the process of getting ready to tan the first coyote i killed. Skinning it isnt to hard,,, just have to be careful not to cut holes in the hide cause its thin. Then you have the flesh it, you know cut all the fat and meat off that you can, which i used a pocket knife but they sell fleshing knives for that. but im not exactly sure the correct way to use them.
I just bought a single handed fleching tool with the commercial tanning supplies from
http://www.minntrapprod.com
but check that out, do some searching. I wasnt planning on tanning my coyote hide, but it smells, and the tanning should fix it. If you are planning on wanting to learn how to tan hides, it will take practice, but if its somehting valuable or you want done perfect, go to a taxidermist... cause from what iv done soooo far, its gonna take a lot of practice (for me any ways, lol)
aj