Just heard on the local news that someone discarded a carcass that was dog like and it was skinned with the paws cut off. So of course they thought some one was torturing dogs. They then found it to be a coyote and of course pronounced it ky o tee(pet peeve of mine). They then discovered much to their chagrin that it was perfectly legal to take a coyote in Colorado with a small game license and that skinning them for their pelt was not considered torture. Where have all the metro sexuals come from? They also reported that pelts are going for around $100. I used to hunt them back in the 80's when the price was that high but the price dropped. Need to get the 223 out and see if I can make some gun money .

Art

Kiy O TEE Some relocated East Coast friends Friends named Biody walked up to Historian Marshall Tremble and told him that they say their name is Briody like Kiy O Tee. I chimed in: " Yes, but here in the west they go by Bry-otes...

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However, around here, I don't think we've had weather cold enough to get good fur on 'em. We used to have a bounty. Apparently it worked. Coyote numbers (pick your pronunciation) are down in many parts of the county.

As an aside. I've been told by friends that the state trapper has taken 138 fox off their farm. Admittedly, they have a "dump" for dead stock but that's a lot of fox and when the coyotes are around, the fox move out or...

That said, we've had a number of folks come into the shop to get "coyote rifles" and ammunition for same. Mr. Coyote is going to be well chased.

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Hobie

I hate to burst the bubble but prime western coyotes went for about $40-$50 at the Western states Fur Auction last year.

The money is in Bobcats. Bobcats sold like crazy and averaged about $570 or so. Looks like cat prices high enough to make trapping them a priority if you have them in your area. You can look up the prices at trappingtoday.com

I trapped from the time I was about 8 or 10 years old until about 10 years ago. I started off using Hawbaker's "Trapping North American Furbearers" catching muskrats, coons, foxes. When the Navy stationed me in the Aleutians I cleaned up on Arctic Fox.

I have been in western Washington for the past 10 years and leg hold traps are not legal here so I have not trapped. My Dad who lives in central Nebraska traps mainly coyotes and beaver catching 100 or so 'yotes and 30 or 40 beaver in addition to the odd coon or muskrat. He loves it and it keeps him busy when he can't ride his horses. Provides enough money to finance his Musky fishing hobby.

Ky-YO-tee is common here, for the most part.

Well, here in MO where I reside I prefer to use the pronunciation of ki yo tay. Not for any reason, other than because it sounds more sofisticated to mon petite madmosele who speaks Spanish, you see. If I can get a laugh out of mon petite madmosele I'm happy. Her laughter delights my heart.

However, when i've heard the ki yo tay yapping in the back yard I've found that walking out on the back deck and yelling, "migra! migra!" sends them running quicker than the .223 Remmington does. Especially in the dark where they can't see the black stocked, black barreled rifle anyway.

I'll go ahead and applogize now for adding to this discussion without having anything useful to contribute. I guess it comes from my not having a job and therefore idle hands have given voice to idle thoughts that have been running rampant in my noggin. I reckon I'll go load some ammo now. That'll keep me from being idle and thinking thoughts that come out on the keyboard and and then the message board and all.

Art,

Here in the Peoples Socialist Paradise of Washington we had the same thing. The vitriol and threats against whomever may have done it would earn the maker an investigation and maybe some hoosegow time if they were made in any OTHER venue and about any OTHER subject.

Ptui on all of them.

See ID/MT and wolves...and coming soon to WA.

Aaron

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