.22lr or 17HMR between the eyes.It dont matter if you hit it in the head with a bat or shoot it,its still gonna be messy when your skinnin it.There might not be a .22 caliber hole in the head if you hit it in head with somethin but its gonna do alot of damage to the inside and you're gonna find a bloody mess anyway.About the hole,if you go with the .22 option there will be a hole in the skull and the pelt.But the pelt wont be worth any less than it would be if you woulda smacked it in the head.If you hit it in the head there wont be a hole in the pelt but your beetles will have to chew on a skull thats cracked/crushed.
I have a problem with seeing animals suffer so I shoot em' whether or not its gonna costs me in the long run.I'm pretty sure being choked or beat to death would suck really bad.I would'nt like it if someone was doin that to me so I'm gonna assume a yote feels the same way about it.I hope I dont sound like a tree hugger because I aint.But thats the way I feel about it but,if you dont have a problem with it thats your baby to carry.But to answer your question,the skulls gonna be all kinds of messed up unless your choke the yote to death.If you do that......dont film it and put it on youtube or brag about it because that hurts the rest of us that enjoy trappin critters too.Good Luck.