coyote meat is great!

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1911 I agree completely. By no means was there ever any negativity about the people my dad gave or sold the fish too. And I said before I find it interesting which animals have been made OK or taboo to eat by cultures around the world. Hey some people that criticize the 'yote will be scarfing hot dogs in the soon to come warmer months and cheap beer :)


..... I may have few too...
 
Lots of crummy stuff, but nothing as disgusting as a coyote. Given the choice of the chicken skins and stuff in hog dogs or coyote, I'd still choose hot dogs.
 
During the Great Depression my family lived on a hill farm; 'subsistence' farming on a Vermont hillside ain't luxurious. Pa and my brothers speared and grapple-hooked suckers (carp) every spring. Ma and my sister gutted and skinned them and put them down in brine.
 
I applaud you for eating what you kill. I have a personal mantra to only kill what threatens me, or what I eat. Needless to say I hate coyotes and skunks, so they are on the exception list.

I've been trying to terminate a problematic coyote at a friend's house lately. I think I'll give it a try if we finally get the bastard.
 
I'm still having trouble believing this. I am not a picky eater, I tried coyote after all, and it was absolutely disgusting. I'm betting if you try it again you won't be happy. They are definitely not all good eating.
 
They are definitely not all good eating.
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By that same token they all wouldn't be bad eating either. Next one I will check in for sure. I'm not above saying I was wrong. But since this 1st one's back strap was basically indiscernible from venison in basic butter and garlic salt type cooking I would be surprised that the rest of them are going to be terrible. Hopefully I am successful at hunting and have another opportunity.

I have eaten a lot of critters. so far for the most part meat is meat some tougher than others or greasy but taste wise I haven't run into anything that is "gross". I haven't eaten bear though I have heard it is rough... Someday if I shoot one I will know if I like it or not. Smell wise I too believe unless it is very unhealthy or wounded the meat it self shouldn't smell, and this one didn't smell after was it was relieved of its fur. The hide ... well its an unwashed dog so... smell... it had an aroma :).
Heres an example of why, for those of you that have tried it, you should not be quick to judge. First snapping turtle I cooked up was awesome, loved it. Second not so great. I botched the cooking in my opinion. Now if that one was the first I may have never had it again. And that would be a shame, because I really enjoy it. And there is plenty of them.

For sake of conversation (because I am enjoying the conversation) let me ask this question... If it was ungodly awful tasting would any culture eat it or have eaten it?
 
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He grew up poor in the depression.
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This statement reminded me of a story my dad tells about a Native American who worked on our ranch for a period of time back in the day. Dad had killed a porcupine, which concerned the man. "Don't kill porcupine....very slow, easy to catch, and good when you are hungry!" Appearently, the man had obviously been hungrier than I've had occasion to be, because I'd never even pondered the possibility. Porcupines were...and are...pretty much shot on sight due to the implications of quills and cattle (and dogs for that matter) mixing.
 
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Heres an example of why, for those of you that have tried it, you should not be quick to judge. First snapping turtle I cooked up was awesome, loved it. Second not so great. I botched the cooking in my opinion. Now if that one was the first I may have never had it again. And that would be a shame, because I really enjoy it. And there is plenty of them.
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I have a 94 year old neighbor who lived on a farm house all of her life. She told me that he mother would expertly butcher and cook snapping turtle and that it was incredibly delicious if you knew how to butcher it properly.
 
For sake of conversation (because I am enjoying the conversation) let me ask this question... If it was ungodly awful tasting would any culture eat it or have eaten it?
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Which cultures eat coyote?

Did you say culture, or vulture? :)
 
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Which of these critters you think started eating the rear end of that dead hog first? Anything that will eat the butt out of a really ripe dead hog...well it's just not something most people would eat. I have eaten snapping turtle soup myself, and never thought it anything special. Anyone that would eat coyote could probably eat the buzzard too...they have similar diets. They both manage to keep the considerable amount of road kill cleaned up in this part of the country.
 
I'm willing to bet it was the birds that started at the south end of the pig. Most canines will, to my knowledge, start eating at the belly, to get access to the organs.
 
I'm willing to bet it was the birds that started at the south end of the pig. Most canines will, to my knowledge, start eating at the belly, to get access to the organs.
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My experience with cattle differs. In nearly every case, they start at rear. This has been my experience with coyotes eating dead cattle. I've been told that, on the rare occasion they go after live cattle, the MO is similiar....they attack at the soft area forst, aka the rear. WE haven't personally lost cattle to coyotes as far back as I can remember (37 now), biut on occasion, a neighbor will lose one, during calving season tpyically. The afterbirth of the calves, and the commotion young calves make seem to attract predators. On rare occasions, packs will attack cows while in the process of giving birth, as this is when one would be most vulnerable. WHen this happens, I'm told, the coyotes basically kill/eat the calf during the birthing process, then moving on to the mother if they feel they will be successful. I've only heard of this behavior from groups of coyotes though, as a single coyote isn't typically considered a threat to full grown livestock. THe method of attack is based on other's observations...the fact they start eating at the butt and move forward is somehting I've witnessed myself repeatedly.
 
I've never ate a carnivore that tasted very good. Animals that live primarily on other animals always seem to taste nasty to me.
 
H&H....That hyena gets it's head much further up there he could be a good candidate for service in Washington.
 
I didnt eat it, but it sure made a nice pelt

Years ago driving home one night, I stopped because a fox (what I later learned was a coyote) got hit by the car ahead of me. I had been hunting/trapping for a few years and hated to see any animal go to waste. Either eat it, or skin it. I was young and dumb and set to skinning it.

Took it to a place to have my "fox" hide tanned. I remember the guy behind the counter looking at me funny, but he tanned it anyways. 25 years later, that "fox"--now coyote, hangs proudly on my shop wall. A really cool pelt--nice and soft. My kids like it, too. I have taught them that if they are going to shoot it, better at least eat it or skin it/tan it.

All that to say, Loboer09, I applaud your willingness to try new things and I had a grandpa like yours too---grew up during the Depression and ate it all and was grateful.
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