NYBowhunter - I didn't try to make my post sound as if I did not think that coyotes were a problem in certain areas - I was staying that the coyotes are here and it doesn't really matter how they got here but they are. I do think the season should be extended to year round and if the DEC has a problem with decreasing numbers too rapidly put a limit to 2 dogs a day or something. Good luck getting one in a day though cause those yotes are deffinately not stupid animals - their population did not take off like it did by mistake. They are excellent at adapting to what ever environment they are in.

Another thing - I have seen a huge increase in the numbers of coyotes areound me but the deer herd is still quite healthy and I haven't noticed a decline around me. The only thing I miss is the rabbits. I only see one every once in a while when back in the 90's my brother and me would go out back and kick brush piles and chase a rabbit out of almost every one we came to. That i do blame on the coyotes because even when I was trapping fox and had a few really good years when fox numbers were up I still had pretty good numbers of rabbits around it wasn't untill I started noticing more yotes around that i noticed there weren't many rabbits around anymore.