I was up at my property in NY. At about 3:00 I was not seeing anything (Deer) and I did not like the way my climber was on the tree (Icould not go to high with it because it was not tight enough on the tree). So I climbed on down and did a little bit of tracking on my dad's doe that he had shot earlier.... It wasnt a great shot and it was with a .35 so not much of a blood trail.... I think she survived. But anyway, Im walking back up the hill to go back to the cabin (were on top of a small mountain=1420 feet... When my brother calls me, at the time he was in his stand. He says "Mike where are you?" Im like "Im halfway up the hill, why?" "Theres a coyote running straight towards you!" As soon as I shut my phone I here crunch crunch crunch. I look over and theres the coyote walking parallel to me at 20 yards! I take the 12 off my shoulder and put it up to my shoulder.... As I do this the coyote thinks he sees something. He looks right at me but doesnt seem to think anything of me. He then jogs another 10 yards, now 10 yards away. I whistle at him to stop him... As soon as I put my crosshairs behind his shoulder he takes off and went down into a ravine.... I almost took him but didnt really have enough time. It was such a great experience and it was such a beautiful dog... Black, gray and some brown/orange mixed in.

Now, every morning and evening we hear some coyotes out on or around our property.. andthere is tracks all around. I want to take out some of them so they dont kill the deer population too much... I was wondering, is it legal to bait coyotes in Ny, with a carcass for example?