RE: Crossbow+Coyotes in Los Angeles County
Agooga - also check to see if it's even legal to kill any animal at all with any method in whatever city you are in. The boiler plate city law set many cities use has the a blanket law making it illegal to kill any animal in any fashion whatsoever. This leaves the animal control people as essentially your judge and jury as they decide on wether to press charges on you or not. If they do press you'd automatically be quilty because the generic law is it's unlawful to kill or cause to be killed any animal for any reason unless you are a vet or animal control officer.
A. Cruelty to animals is:
1. Intentionally killing, injuring, maiming, torturing or mutilating any animal.
(exception for vets and animal control officers follows but it's long).