Well, last night my dad smoked a coyote and he immediately called me to ask if i wanted it for anything   :eek:      

So...what to do what to do? im thinkin back quiver? i have a beautiful fawn hide quiver, but ive always wanted a coyote quiver with the tail and all?
What do you think? good ideah? also any ideahs/techniques on getting the tailbone out would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Dalton

coyote back quivers look AMAZING. as for how to tan the hide im not sure

To get the tailbone out, you need to skin the tail out as far as possible, usually about 3 inches.  Then you take 2 sticks and squeeze them together perpendicular to the tail, directly on the tailbone, one on either side. Then pull them down the tail from the butt end to the tip.  This will pull the hide off of the tail without cutting it. Take a little time to "feel" and make sure the hide is not rolling under the sticks, this can pull the hair off or tear the hide.

God Bless,
Nathan

You need the fleash it. Remove all the meat , fat and membrain from the inside of the hide. If you have never done this it can be hard to see the membrain.
Tell ya what check out Matt's site it has some very good info on this and i think its your best bet.
 www.braintan.com

Good luck and tell ya pops good job!

An alternative to the 2 sticks tail puller mentioned above would be to cut a small Y shaped stick as for a slingshot, the side oposite the Y gets split with a stout knife, the wood only splits to the Y and works better than any metal or plastic stripper you can buy.  Just split and skin as much of the tail as you can, atleast several inches then put the tail bone in the split stick and bow up on it. If youve not seen this done or done a few you can rip the tail right off the bone so be carefull and skin down as far as you can before trying to slip that bone out. Pretty tough to visualize what I just said huh?

Also for $22 these guys will garment tan that coyote They've done several pieces of fur for me and friends and they do good work

www.moytown.com

Thanks guys! ive tanned several deer hides and small game,(my version of tanned is no where near what yalls is im sure) but never a yote. I just got all the hide off, removed all fat,meat stingy stuff with an actual native american scraper (my dad and i collect arrowhead,heads, anything we can find). i then dumped salt on it, rubbed it in FOREVER.i have about 3 hours between classes tommorow, im thinkin i will work on the tailbone then. im gonna be EXTREMELY careful with it.

After it's tanned it will not be very thick and arrows could put holes if that is the only material you use--I suggest you place coyote pelt over rawhide tube or other tougher material

iv also used pliers to pull the tailbone out.they usually have a smaller and bigger setting of how wide the jaws open.i set it on the bigger setting and grip the tail bone with them and slide them down the tail bone against the hide,pulls the bone right out.id love to sewe pictures of the finished quiver when your done.i catch quite a few fox every year and thought about trying to make a quiver out of one of them.Iv got a leather back quiver that i just lined with a tanned coon skin that id caught,and the tail hangs down the back,looks really cool.good luck,Ross

Heres the one I made. Just took two hides and sewn them together. Put some thick leather in the bottom. Been holding broad heads and every thing els for a while .Coyote hide is pretty thin but still strong.They do make cool quivers.I can never pull the tails I split them .
 

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Next time try to strip the tail bone out BEFORE you get it skinned out, preferably while it's still attached to the carcass. It's much easier that way. I like to use two very large nails instead of the sticks, one on each side of the tail bone. Be sure to grasp the base of the tail with your other hand while you pull with your strong hand in order to keep from ripping off the tail bone as you pull. It's much more difficult removing the tail bone once it's been cut/pulled off.