Never been hunting, unsure of protocol

baD mR fRosTy said:
Don't we have a bounty on them here in NS?
Certainly I know of at least one gun shop that has a contest...

Ever since they et that little hippie chick from Trawna a few years back...yikes.
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From my understanding, you need to be a licensed trapper to claim a government bounty, though I am unsure the regulations behind private hunting bounties...
 
You only need a license in NS to set traps for coyotes. With your hunting license, you can ship pelts from animals you shot to auction and get the $20 incentive plus whatever the pelts sells for. You will need the know how and tools to do a proper put up. The pelts are best from around November to February, outside of then they are worth little or nothing in the summer. More info on fur at www.nafa.ca
 
My wife regularly gave me grief when I hunted coyotes, since we didn't eat them. After several years of accumulating pelts I presented her with a full length coyote fur coat, which changed her tune and earned me virtually limitless brownie points. I suspect that the very first time you walk up one that you have shot, your ideas of eating coyote will vanish as soon as you get within smelling range!

Why not taxidermy? I think a nice prime pelt would make a great rug to put on the wall, or even just hang the tanned pelt loosely off a hook.

By the way, once you "catch" your deer, you will need to know how to handle basic gutting and skinning in the field even if you plan to have the meat professionally processed.
 
I'm not terribly familiar with people in the area who would be able to do any sort of proper skinning/tanning or the sorts. A self-harvested coyote coat complete with head would be quite the conversation starter, no doubt!

As for field dressing, I've watched a few videos on the YouTubes about dressing a deer, though I think I'll need to watch a few more to really memorize the procedure. If you have any informational materials on the subject, feel free to post 'em! :)
 
Take a trappers course there's all kinds of incredibly helpful and useful skills to learn in it along with how to process skins.
Coyotes are an incredibly smart adaptive animal, they grow rapidly in population and when they pack up even moose are on the potential prey list. Killing coyotes is important to keep them in check, adult coyotes have few predators in Atlantic Canada and discourages them from considering humans a potential food source.
 
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