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Hunting and Trapping History
The sport harvest of coyotes has been relatively stable during the past 10 years, about 13,000 hunters taking an average of between 30,000 and 40,000 coyotes a year. Most of these animals are taken while "varmint calling," while hunting other game, or simply as opportunities arise. Formerly, trappers rivaled sport hunters in the number of coyotes taken, but the reported take of trapped coyotes during the past 10 years has averaged only a little more than 1,000 a year-a far cry from the yearly harvests of 10,000 or more coyotes reported in the late 1970s. Although some of this decline may be due to coyote population vagaries, the principal reason for this reduced take is undoubtedly a decline in trapping effort.
Sounds like the coyote population has out grown it's environment’s ability to support it, so they are out looking for food. Sounds to me like they need a good ol’fashioned town hunt to reduce the numbers of coyotes, or you could have the governor give me a free hunting license and I'll come take care of em for yall
No license is required to hunt coyotes. They are considered a pest and can be shot on sight if in a place that is legal to shoot. In some places they even pay 50 bucks for each one you get rid of.
So call and ask. Arizona is typically pretty gun-friendly. Is the city of Prescott served by a municipal police department, or do you fall under the country sheriff's jurisdiction?If it had been me I probably would have fired at them, but I'm not really sure what the threshold for an animal threat is to justify discharging a firearm within city limits.
Land of the free, home of the brave, buffett of the Coyote.