I do scrap the head,split the ears,doesn't take that long and have no worries. Blanie Eddie had the best coyote fur put up video out there if you can find a copy. After everything is fleshed I let sit on a wire stretcher till it just damp to the touch, rub borax all over the hide but hit the face, ears and arm pits with borax the best and put on a wood stretcher fur side out.