RE: Why the Hatred towards Coyotes?
I'll echo silentassasin & add pheaseants...
Here in SD we've got a TON of pheasants and 10 TONS of coyotes - and we shoot every one we can. It's not illegal, and there are no other predators to keep them in check.
Back home (northern MN) TimberWolves are getting to be much more common than coyotes (locals call 'em brush wolves). The MN DNR is downplaying the #'s of TW's but the hunters see them & the NW MN farmers are losing stock to them - kept unchecked these supreme predators can do tremendous damage
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