Coyote price

I'm a hobby trapper.
There is a big difference between a shot and trapped coyote when it comes to auction.
Heck even a mark on the pelt from the dog/trigger of the trap will reduce the $$$ at auction time, not to mention a bullet hole.
 
Just curious how long does it take process a shot coyote to sell and do they receive decent prices?

I got a .223 and I don't really want to shoot coyotes for nothing.

Stupid question Ottawaguy but what's a Hobby Trapper? Do you just do it on your days off?
 
All the coyotes our group shoots go to my dad who is a licensed trapper. In southern ontario, he they seem to go from $10 to the extremely high end of $80 (but rarely). He also traps them, but when you ship them, you can't tell which ones got which price. I think a few years ago, he shipped 90 or so and averaged around $20. He is retired and spends around 3-4 hours on each one, skinning, sewing up bullet holes, trying to get most of the blood out, stretching them, turning them, shipping them etc.

At $10-$13 for a muskrat, and sell the meat for a couple bucks, he would rather have 100 of them....

Also keep in mind, in Ontario, you can ship and sell to the fur companies on your small game license, but the cheque you receive is considered income and is subject to taxes and reporting. If you trap as a business, then you can write off supplies, fuel costs etc to balance this out.

One of the guys in our group is convinced that we are giving away thousands in fur, that it is easy work for big bucks. Not from what I've seen.
 
iconix said:
Cool Scott.... Now how long does it take to prep them for sale?
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I dont hunt them for fur but the guys I bear hunt do. They pay a guy $25 a dog and he does all the work. You also have to watch what auction you sell them at as prices vary.
If you only got $10 per dog and it took 4 hours to do....nobody would do it. I know lots of coyotes hunters and trappers tell others that they get only pennies an animal just so they would have more for themselves.
 
If we could get $100 we will drive them out from Ontario and throw a in Mcguinty for free. We sometimes owe money to the auction and pay up when we make a $1.
 
DMS1 said:
All the coyotes our group shoots go to my dad who is a licensed trapper. In southern ontario, he they seem to go from $10 to the extremely high end of $80 (but rarely). He also traps them, but when you ship them, you can't tell which ones got which price. I think a few years ago, he shipped 90 or so and averaged around $20. He is retired and spends around 3-4 hours on each one, skinning, sewing up bullet holes, trying to get most of the blood out, stretching them, turning them, shipping them etc.

At $10-$13 for a muskrat, and sell the meat for a couple bucks, he would rather have 100 of them....

Also keep in mind, in Ontario, you can ship and sell to the fur companies on your small game license, but the cheque you receive is considered income and is subject to taxes and reporting. If you trap as a business, then you can write off supplies, fuel costs etc to balance this out.

One of the guys in our group is convinced that we are giving away thousands in fur, that it is easy work for big bucks. Not from what I've seen.
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Interesting read thank you.... I was hoping to do something with the fur, but almost doesn't seem worth it unless you find someone to take it off your hands so they can sell it for better price.

To bad we don't have a bounty lol
 
One of the guys in our group is convinced that we are giving away thousands in fur, that it is easy work for big bucks. Not from what I've seen.

I concur.
Lots of folks think they'll shoot one with their 7mm Rem Mag, show up with it in the back of the truck ( frozen) and the fur buyer will hand them a crisp 100 $ bill.
Not happening, LOL.
Lucky to get a 20 $ bill in the above scenerio from what I hear
 
When fur prices are reasonable $10-$20for a carcass dog is not unheard of. Providing they r not blown to pieces. I took 40 yotes off a guy who shot with 300 win mag.it took 200yrds of fishin line to put them back together. And they still looked like frankenstein projects lol
 
I think most seasoned predator hunters aren't shooting 300 or 7 mags. Lots of guys I know shoot a .204's, even .17's are popular. The smaller cal. the smaller hole to fix.
I sure hope for a good season, a decent fur price may get more guys out and thin these things down, its stupid how many are around southern Sask right now. The ones Ive seen have some beautiful thick coats already.

Cheers!!
 
I'm in NS and our coyotes are bigger, but tend to have coarser fur and more color variations and usually grade lower than western coyotes.

I send 6 or 8 every year to NAFA and on one I paid them 1.50 to sell it (you get charged a % consignment plus a fee for drumming the pelts about a buck per pelt)

On average ill run from 20 bucks to a high of 75

I'm still not fast, but I'll be close to 2 hours skinning, fleshing and boarding a pelt.

More of a fun thing than a straight money maker unless you're going flat out.
 
I think some of the confusion stems from coyotes from Ont and east vs some of the larger ones out west. Perhaps the winters are sufficient to ensure prime hides, and animals are larger...

Here are the results of last springs sale of 11 coyotes for $255, and 2 damaged ones below that for $3.09!! The list below shows $12.87 for a muskrat, of which 47 sold for $487. Really, I'm not making this stuff up. If there is anyone around sw Ontario that would like to buy a boat load of frozen coyotes for $20 each, let me know!


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