Do people eat coyotes?

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I know they are hunted. Are they left in the woods as they are considered varmints?

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  1. emmasdad01 Avatar

    I’ve never known anyone to. I would think the meat would be quite disgusting

  2. Hoosier_Jedi Avatar

    It’s generally a bad idea to eat animals that can carry rabies.

  3. ThatMidwesternGuy Avatar

    They are not generally regarded as table fare. They are considered varmints in most places.

  4. Colseldra Avatar

    I don’t think so

    The most exotic thing I’ve eaten is alligator, ostrich,. snails

  5. greasyprophesy Avatar

    Killed a lot of coyotes. Never ate one or heard of it if that answers your question. We were protecting cattle. And those coyotes were very brave, so people too

  6. DryFoundation2323 Avatar

    Not typically. I guess it’s possible in an emergency. Coyotes are scavengers/predators so their meat would not be very good.

  7. sweedishcheeba Avatar

    I think they stop at raccoons 

  8. dontdoxmebro Avatar

    Westerners typically don’t eat canines of any kind.

    The Coyote population is the opposite of endangered. They have adapted to life alongside humans quite well and have expanded their range considerably.

  9. HorseFeathersFur Avatar

    We don’t eat canines, no. This can’t be a serious question. Also, we don’t hunt them. Ranchers might kill any that are threatening livestock but that’s not the same thing.

  10. mtnman54321 Avatar

    People very rarely eat scavengers. Ever notice how big a bird a raven is? Ever heard of anyone eating one? Same thing.

  11. jefferson497 Avatar

    Most mammal predators are not eaten

  12. Sabertooth767 Avatar

    No. They’re scavengers, so their meat is gross.

    Also, no one really “hunts” coyotes. There’s no valuable part to them, it’s just pest control (often opportunistic- if I’m out hunting deer and I see a coyote, I’ll kill it).

  13. TheRateBeerian Avatar

    I’m sure people do, but it’s a “general” rule that people don’t eat mammalian carnivores.

  14. Opportunity_Massive Avatar

    I don’t know if their meat is actually gross, but they are predators and so are very lean. I would think that that’s the main reason not to eat them unless necessary. Since a coyote looks a lot like Fido (generic name for any American dog), I can’t see it ever becoming very popular to eat them

  15. North_Artichoke_6721 Avatar

    No, they are not a food animal, although in a apocalyptic famine situation, I suppose anything becomes food.

  16. OkConsideration9002 Avatar

    I’ve hunted them. I would never eat them. I have caped them out; That’s not easy.

  17. Tree_Weasel Avatar

    In the hills of Appalachia or the rural outskirts of Texas, the most backwoods folks may occasionally hear a coyote. But it’d be VERY rare and only in a “we’re starving” situation.

  18. DrGerbal Avatar

    I’ve never heard of it. Coyotes are usually very thin, not a whole hell of a lot of fat, and are kind of opportunists So it’s definitely not a piece of meat you search out. But I think you can eat them