OK Jeff came over to the house and we tried his home made caller out this morning 10-31-07
http://boiseshooters.com/index.php?topic=36.0IT WORKS GREAT.
Right after sunrise, 8:30-45ish 10ish mile per hour wind from the east. clear weather.
Maybe 15 to 20 minutes one shows up, but didn't have a clear shot, should have brought the SKS and then I could have take the shoot Thur the Sage brush.
Right after that one bugs out since it didn't see anything moving and just noise coming from a bush. (They are smart)
Another comes in from a separate gully.
I have him in the open.
Jeff used his range finder and confirmed 99 yards. I though it was half that distance.
Using a Marlin 60SS , 22lr with a 4X scope.
In right behind the front leg Thur a lung and then the guts and
out the opposite side in front of the hind quarter. It ran 30 feet and was on the ground . I had to put round in the back of it's head to kill it though.
Happy Halloween
Now we begin skinning
Ring the hind legs
Be careful don't cut this tendon. I was luck it never pulled off the gimbel.
I leave the piss hole and the crouch and trim around the anus with a razor blade
I split the tail very carefully with a razor.
Pull down the body, this is the easy part.
Pull as far down over the ears as possible
After you are stuck, trim the ear cartledge close to the skull, you will be cutting thur the ear canal.
Keep pulling and carefully using you knife to trim around the eyes and the lips, inside the mouth.
Case skinned. I suppose if you sold it this is where you would put it on a wire rack to dry.
OR if you want to spend $300 to have someone tan it for you , place in a bag and freeze it.
I will be tanning it my self so...cut it open down the center. Can be sew later. I like to open the hide up to make sure the tanning chemicals get everywhere.
Naked Coyote
