Upstate NY coyote hunter talks about his passion: ‘This is the best time of year to be doing it’

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Upstate NY coyote hunting
Josh Saville, of Scipio Center, with a full body mount of a coyote he shot.

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SCIPIO CENTER, N.Y. — Josh Saville said he shot his first coyote in 2007 “by chance.”

“I got it with a bow while deer hunting,” he said. “It just became an addiction after that. I also hunt deer and waterfowl, but mainly I hunt coyotes because it’s outside my business hours and I can do it uninterrupted.”

Saville, 39, is a taxidermist whose shop,Taxidermy by Josh Saville, is run out of his home.

“When you deer hunt, you usually hunt in the morning and afternoon. I like to head out for coyotes after I shut down my business for the day, usually after 6:30 – 7 p.m. and stay out to about 2 a.m.” he said.https://d8c5077a9d8c36933947a25a189337a8.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

In Saville’s opinion, January and…

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