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( Graphic) Coyote huntin makarov style
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MtnCreek
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I say we have a candlelight vigil for the poor baby yotes and gather in a circle (sitting indian style) and sing cumbaya. Who's bringing a good wine that pairs well with quiche?
I fall on the " shoot them all and let God sort them out" side of this fence. I have never found a coyote den but I promise I would try my best to kill them all if I could. Not for sporting purposes or for the fur but because I shoot coyotes on sight. I don't evaluate whether they are male or female or young or old. Where I live it is legal to kill them 24/7 365 days a year. The same goes for feral hogs. We also kill raccoon on sight and at night during the season. Ever see what an overpopulation of coons can do to a wild turkey population?
Posting the pics may be a bit much but I don't get all weak kneed when I see a dead varmint.
Posting the pics may be a bit much but I don't get all weak kneed when I see a dead varmint.
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And don't forget Coyotes are an invasive species E. of the Miss. River.
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^^^+1. I too help teach hunter safety. One of the things we stress is ethical hunting and portraying hunting in a positive way. The public display of dead puppies, is not a positive image to most folks....and as you see here, not even to many long time hunters. Are we being sensitive? You bet we ARE. But it is not because of the culling of a nuisance predator, but because of the posting of disgusting pictures for all the world to see, thus portaying a negative image of hunters. Denning can be an effective means of control when 'yote populations are excessive. But it not a pretty thing and it's results are not what most folks want to see on their home computer. If you cannot see your pic as disgusting to the general public, you have a long way to go to become a hunter. You are still just a shooter. If you don't care if you offend other folks with gruesome pics of dead puppies, you are doing more harm to the hunting community than good. I've been hunting for half a century. I have killed more yotes than I can remember. Still, I have a hard time in seeing where folks get pleasure from the display of bloody and gruesome pictures of their hunt. Even predators deserve respect in death. The posting of pics showing a trophy or adult animal killed during a successful hunt is one thing, but pictures of bloodied puppies shot at point blank range while cowering in their den, is not a display of any form of a hunt, or sportsmanship. It is only a pic of a killing.
Kinda like taking a dump. While it is something that must be done, not everyone feels the need to post pics of the result for everyone to see.
I am ambivalent to the issue. If I lived in the country and had chickens or live stock then I am certain that I'd shoot any predator that tried to interfere with my stock. But I don't and am sure as heck not going to tell someone else how to run their show.
Heck, I remember my grandmother killing baby armadillos with a hoe because they grow up to be big armadillos and tear up the garden and everything else they get into worse than a drunk with a backhoe.
Heck, I remember my grandmother killing baby armadillos with a hoe because they grow up to be big armadillos and tear up the garden and everything else they get into worse than a drunk with a backhoe.
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Gawd, here we go again...
Um, coyotes are no better than rats. Actually worst 'cause they attack pets and kids. City-folk have no idea, although they are starting to. Suburbanites have known this for the last few years. Rural areas have known this all along.
They aren't dogs, just like wolves aren't either. Anyone who thinks they're puppies are extremely misinformed.
Um, coyotes are no better than rats. Actually worst 'cause they attack pets and kids. City-folk have no idea, although they are starting to. Suburbanites have known this for the last few years. Rural areas have known this all along.
They aren't dogs, just like wolves aren't either. Anyone who thinks they're puppies are extremely misinformed.
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I'm not telling anyone how to "run their show" either. Just saying that sometimes intelligent discretion makes sense. Kinda like "cuttin' the cheese". Sittin' around with a bunch of old friends drinkin' beer, it's probably just fine to let one go. But during in a job interview, it probably isn't the best to let one fly as long and loud as you can and then claim...."now there's a good one!".
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No they aren't dogs....and thank goodness, since dogs kill about 40 folks per year, while in the last 40 years, there has only been one reported death from a coyote in the lower 48. They are also much better than rats, since they do a great amount of rat control. This is readily apparent with city or suburban 'yotes. Baby 'yotes are puppies, it's a fact. Not knowing this is being misinformed.
Again, I have no problem with controlling the coyote population, just as I have no problem with an individuals choice to kill puppies in their den. The problem I have is the bragging about it and the display of graphic pictures showing such. Not in good taste. Many of us over the years have made a poor shot on game and have had to do things we weren't proud of to dispatch it. Most of us choose not to broadcast such things on publicly viewed social networks in the form of explicit pictures. Things like..."here are the intestines from a gut shot buck hangin' on a fence that got pulled outta him as he crawled thru". Such things are better off being forgot about or kept to ourselves.
I haven't hunted in several decades now.
That said, I'd shoot any coyote I happened upon with whatever I had at hand.
As several have mentioned, they're becoming a serious nuisance in some areas, killing livestock and pets.
In my county, sheriff's deputies patrolling remote areas will use their AR-15s to shoot any coyote they see.
That said, I'd shoot any coyote I happened upon with whatever I had at hand.
As several have mentioned, they're becoming a serious nuisance in some areas, killing livestock and pets.
In my county, sheriff's deputies patrolling remote areas will use their AR-15s to shoot any coyote they see.
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What we have here is a whole bunch of "agree to disagree". No biggie.
But it looks like we've pretty much wandered away from anything useful.
But it looks like we've pretty much wandered away from anything useful.
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