Hey, Tanka. It depends on where you' re coming from. There' s not unethical about predator hunting, everything needs to be balanced out, but I don' t think leaving it lie in a field is right. Do something with it! Even if you just gut it it' s still doing something. Other predators and scavengers will come for the guts. So even if you don' t sell the hide or eat it, you' re still feeding another predator by leaving the guts behind. I know there are people who raise animals and that foxes try to get after chickens and coyotes will get after sheep and other livestock. In that situation I wouldn' t see anything wrong with shooting ' em and living em lie ' cause it' s messing with the people' s livelihood. Even if you aren' t a farmer there' s still the conservation side of it. You may take up predator hunting from more of a sporting view, but when you get down to it it' s still conservation. Aside from predator hunting (i.e. coyotes, foxes, and bobcats) there' s woodchucks that can be an equal nuisance to farmers. Their holes can wreck farmers' equipment, plus they' re vegetarians so their edible. I don' t know what all of your opportunities are where you live, but whatever they are have fun with them.

Brandan